Robert Strange McNamara (1916 - ) United States Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968. The caricature accompanied the following articles from the pages of The Militant: January 7, 1963: "An American Century? - Revolutionary Specter Haunts Yankee Imperialism" by Tom Kerry. December 30, 1963: "GIs Facing Grim Prospect Of Extended War in Vietnam" by Steve Graham. April 13, 1964: "Johnson Maintains 'Option' Of Attacking North Vietnam" by Constance Weissman. May 25, 1964: "U.S.-Vietnam Commuter - Are McNamara Trips Losing War?" by Joseph Keller. February 8, 1965: "Facts About Pentagon." May 31, 1965: "Pentagon Pushes Vietnam Build-Up" by David Herman. June 14, 1965: "A Barbaric Aggression - U.S. Napalm Burns Vietnam Peasants Alive" by Barry Sheppard. November 29, 1965: "Casualties Continue To Mount - Guerrillas Pound GIs" by Dick Roberts. January 3, 1966: "The Vietnam Escalation: How it Developed" by Dick Roberts. March 14, 1966: "China's Nuclear Potential Is Used by U.S. as Pretext For Huge S.E. Asia Build-Up" by Dick Roberts. November 14, 1966: "U.S. Escalation Plans Revealed by Pentagon."