McNamara's warning

At 67, Robert Strange McNamara could easily have settled for a comfortable retirement. Instead, the former boss of Ford Motor Co.—who later became the Kennedy-Johnson-era secretary of defense and then president of the World Bank—has turned into a lively Dutch uncle on foreign policy. Over the past y...

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Published in:Newsweek 1983-09, Vol.102 (13), p.46
Main Author: Willey, Fay
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Nuclear disarmament
Soviet foreign relations
United States foreign relations
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Summary:At 67, Robert Strange McNamara could easily have settled for a comfortable retirement. Instead, the former boss of Ford Motor Co.—who later became the Kennedy-Johnson-era secretary of defense and then president of the World Bank—has turned into a lively Dutch uncle on foreign policy. Over the past year or so, he has sounded sharp warnings against the danger of racial bloodshed in South Africa and of nuclear annihilation for everyone if the superpowers don't get a better grip on themselves.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X