Robert McNamara: Before Vietnam, There Was Ford
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009"He wore granny glasses, and he put out a granny car." That's how one auto writer, quoted in Robert Lacey's excellent 1986 book, Ford, summed up Robert S. McNamara's tenure at Ford Motor Company, during which he launched the plain-jane Ford Falcon compact to compete with Chevy's Corvair and Chrysler's ...
