McNamara, Robert S. 1916-2009 creator mixed material monographic eng 93,500 268 5 2 107.2 Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, oral history transcripts, organization records, subject files, conferences and meetings files, background and research material, and other papers relating primarily to McNamara's private and public life following his service as U.S. secretary of defense, including his leadership of the World Bank, his role as counselor and adviser to various private corporations and nonprofit organizations and foundations, and his commentary on and advocacy for solutions to the critical domestic and foreign policy issues of the times. Includes drafts of his books, In Retrospect : The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam (1995) and Argument Without End : In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy (1999) as well as drafts of Wilson's Ghost : Reducing the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century co-written by McNamara and James G. Blight (2001). Subjects include arms control and nuclear policy; defense; domestic and international politics; East-West relations; economic policy; education, food, and health programs; environment; geopolitical issues; international development; onchocerciasis (river blindness); population; poverty; Third World countries in Africa and elsewhere; war and peace; and world hunger. Other subjects include McNamara's legacy as a leading strategist of the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and Westmoreland v. CBS et al., 1984-1985. Documents McNamara's association with organizations and conferences including the African Development Bank, Aspen Institute, Atlantic Council of the United States, Battelle Memorial Institute, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Corning Incorporated, Council on Foreign Relations, Drug Strategies, East African Development Bank, Eminent Persons Group on Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons, Enterprise Foundation, Global Coalition for Africa, Henry L. Stimson Center, Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Investment in Nigeria, Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust, InterAction Council, International Irrigation Management Institute, National Committee on United States-China Relations, Overseas Development Council, Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, Rockefeller Foundation, Trilateral Commission, Urban Institute, World Food Prize Foundation, and World Resources Institute. Correspondents include Graham T. Allison, James G. Blight, McGeorge Bundy, William P. Bundy, Lloyd N. Cutler, Alain C. Enthoven, Orville L. Freeman, Kurt Gottfried, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, W. Averell Harriman, Paul Hendrickson, Henry Kissinger, Frans M. Lurvink, Helmut Schmidt, Sargent Shriver, Gerard C. Smith, Carl E. Taylor, Stewart L. Udall, Cyrus R. Vance, and Barbara Ward. Open to research. Classified, in part. Audio and video recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085 Allison, Graham T Correspondence Blight, James G Correspondence Bundy, McGeorge Correspondence Bundy, William P 1917- Correspondence Cutler, Lloyd N Correspondence Enthoven, Alain C 1930- Correspondence Freeman, Orville L Correspondence Gottfried, Kurt Correspondence Harriman, Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward 1920-1997 Correspondence Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell) 1891-1986 Correspondence Hendrickson, Paul 1944- Correspondence Kissinger, Henry 1923- Correspondence Lurvink, Frans M Correspondence Schmidt, Helmut 1918 December 23- Correspondence Shriver, Sargent 1915-2011 Correspondence Smith, Gerard C Correspondence Taylor, Carl E Correspondence Udall, Stewart L Correspondence Vance, Cyrus R. (Cyrus Roberts) 1917-2002 Correspondence Ward, Barbara 1914-1981 Correspondence Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs) 1914-2005 Trials, litigation, etc African Development Bank. Aspen Institute. Atlantic Council of the United States. Battelle Memorial Institute. Brookings Institution. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. CBS Inc. Trials, litigation, etc Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Corning Incorporated. Council on Foreign Relations. Drug Strategies (Organization) East African Development Bank. Eminent Persons Group on Curbing Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms and Light Weapons. Enterprise Foundation. Global Coalition for Africa. Henry L. Stimson Center. Honorary Presidential Advisory Council on Investment in Nigeria. Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. InterAction Council. International Irrigation Management Institute. National Committee on United States-China Relations. Overseas Development Council. Rockefeller Foundation. Trilateral Commission. Urban Institute. World Bank. World Food Prize Foundation. World Resources Institute. Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs. Arms control Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962 Economic development Developing countries Education Geopolitics Hunger Developing countries International relations Nuclear weapons Onchocerciasis Peace Population Poverty Security, International Trials (Libel) Vietnam War, 1961-1975 War World health World politics 20th century World politics 21st century Developing countries Cuba Foreign relations United States Soviet Union Foreign relations United States Economic policy 20th century United States Economic policy 21st century United States Defenses United States Foreign relations 20th century United States Foreign relations 21st century United States Foreign relations Cuba United States Military policy United States Politics and government 20th century United States Politics and government 21st century Vietnam History 1945-1975 Cabinet officers Executives Blight, James G. McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009 McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009 McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009 mm 96083793 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011085.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 960613 20260227111725.0 mm 96083793