Promises and Power: The Life and Times of McNamara

Author: (American) Shapley, translated by Li Jianbo and others
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Publishing Date: 2000-02-01
Features: After World War II, as the president of Ford Motor Company, he applied numerical control theory to rebuild the company, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, into a successful enterprise. In the early 1960s, as the U.S. Secretary of Defense and commander of the Vietnam War, he became deeply entangled in a historical dilemma. Vietnam became his sorrowful ground, and he himself became a war criminal. During his tenure as President of the World Bank, he took dynamic measures that provided food for millions of people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. His vibrant operational strategies for poverty alleviation and economic relief remain relevant and inspirational to this day.