로버트 맥나마라

소개

로버트 S. 맥나마라(영어: Robert Strange McNamara, 1916년 6월 9일 ~ 2009년 6월 6일)은 미국의 기업가이자 제8대 국방부장관이다. 베트남 전쟁과 관련하여 미국 정부에서 큰 역할을 하였으며 1968년부터 1981년까지 세계은행의 총재를 역임하였다.

Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson at the height of the Cold War. He remains the longest-serving secretary of defense, having remained in office over seven years. He played a major role in promoting the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McNamara was responsible for the institution of systems analysis in public policy, which developed into the discipline known today as policy analysis.