Robert Strange McNamara
A genius of systems analysis representing modern America, picked from the presidency of Ford to become Secretary of Defense for both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. While he handled the Cuban Missile Crisis coolly under the Cold War, he believed victory in the Vietnam War could be "quantified," leading to a quagmire via data-driven force deployment. Later acknowledging policy errors and leaving the defense establishment, he threw himself into supporting developing nations as World Bank President—a tormented intellectual who grappled for life with the tragedy wrought by his own decisions.
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