Robert McNamara Autograph
Robert Strange McNamara (/ˈmæknəmærə/; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States secretary of defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. 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.'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. More about Robert McNamara
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McNamara was born in San Francisco, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Business School. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After World War II, Henry Ford II hired McNamara and a group of other Army Air Force veterans to work for Ford Motor Company. These "Whiz Kids" helped reform Ford with modern planning, organization, and management control systems. After briefly serving as Ford's president, McNamara accepted appointment as secretary of defense.
McNamara became a close adviser to Kennedy and advocated the use of a blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy and McNamara instituted a Cold War defense strategy of flexible response, which anticipated the need for military responses short of massive retaliation. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency. During the Kennedy administration, McNamara presided over a build-up of U.S. soldiers in South Vietnam. After the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, the number of U.S. soldiers in Vietnam escalated dramatically. McNamara and other U.S. policymakers feared that the fall of South Vietnam to a Communist regime would lead to the fall of other governments in the region. Read even more about Robert McNamara at Wikipedia
McNamara became a close adviser to Kennedy and advocated the use of a blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Kennedy and McNamara instituted a Cold War defense strategy of flexible response, which anticipated the need for military responses short of massive retaliation. McNamara consolidated intelligence and logistics functions of the Pentagon into two centralized agencies: the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Supply Agency. During the Kennedy administration, McNamara presided over a build-up of U.S. soldiers in South Vietnam. After the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, the number of U.S. soldiers in Vietnam escalated dramatically. McNamara and other U.S. policymakers feared that the fall of South Vietnam to a Communist regime would lead to the fall of other governments in the region. Read even more about Robert McNamara at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Robert McNamara
The most expensive item with a signature of Robert McNamara (Robert Mcnamara Signed Rare FDC PSA Authenticated - WOW) was sold in March 2019 for $250.00 while the cheapest item (Robert McNamara Signed Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2010. The month with the most items sold (4) was June 2009 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Robert McNamara. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with $225.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.99 was February 2009. In average, an autographed item from Robert McNamara is worth $21.53.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Dereliction of Duty - Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara Signed HC (1st ED/1st PT) | $60.00 | |
| In Retrospect By Robert McNamara Signed First Edition Easton Press (POHR54) | $55.00 | |
| In Retrospect SIGNED by Robert McNamara | $55.00 | |
| In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert McNamara (Signed) | $49.99 | |
| ROBERT MCNAMARA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO RARE POSE WITH KENNEDY+LBJ JSA | $125.00 | |
| ROBERT MCNAMARA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO RARE WITH JFK AT WHITE HOUSE JSA | $225.00 | |
| ROBERT MCNAMARA HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO RARE WITH JFK AT WHITE HOUSE JSA | $150.00 | |
| ROBERT MCNAMARA hand signed 8x10 photo RARE POSE WITH LBJ+JFK JSA COA | $18.00 | |
| Robert McNamara signed autographed baseball! RARE! AMCo Authenticated! | $39.00 | |
| ROBERT MCNAMARA SIGNED PHOTO. JFK SEC. OF DEFENSE, VIETNAM WAR, CUBAN CRISIS | $50.00 | |
| Robert McNamara, autograph signed typed letter, approx. 7-1/4h x 7-1/4w | $24.00 | |
| Robert McNamara- 1st Edtion Signed Hardbound Book | $19.99 | |
| Robert McNamara- Signed Hardbound Book | $14.99 | |
| Tug Hill : A Four Season Guide to the Natural Side signed by Robert McNamara | $5.00 | |
| VALENTI ESTATE Signed 1st Edition, Robert McNamara “Blundering Into Disaster” | $22.50 | |