US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War.
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His 11 lessons are listed on the website: Robert McNamara (Fog of War)
Robert Strange McNamara was the Defense Secretary of the United States from 196 until 1968. he served under both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Robert McNamara was Secretary of Defense during the early days of the Vietnam War. Robert McNamara spoke to Congress about the Gulf of Tonkin incident in 1964 and begged Congress to let the United States enter fighting in Vietnam. Before that, the United States involvement was only a teaching mission to teach South Vietnam how to organize and fight North Vietnam.
1. Empathize with your enemy 2. Rationality will not save us 3. There is something beyond yourself 4. Maximize efficiency 5. Proportionality should be a guideline in war 6. Get the data 7. Belief and seeing are both often wrong 8. Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning 9. In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil 10. Never say never 11. You can't change human nature