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Robert Craig McNamara (born 1950) is an American farmer and activist. He is president and owner of Sierra Orchards, a farming operation that encompasses field and processing. McNamara founded and is president of the Center for Land-Based Learning.
Craig McNamara is an American businessman and farmer. He is the son of Robert McNamara, who was John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Defense and the architect of the Vietnam War. Craig is the author of Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today (available May 10, 2022 from Little, Brown & Company).
17. Juli 2022 · Craig McNamara has written a memoir about being the son of a vilified U.S. Defense secretary and leaving his children with a different inheritance.
- Jessica Garrison
- Staff Writer
- jessica.garrison@latimes.com
“Craig McNamara has written an intimate personal story about the afterlife of America’s disastrous Vietnam experience. His attempts to understand his own father, one of the most controversial figures of the 20th century, have created a new chapter in that history. His voice is as morally focused as any that resisted the war.”
Am 13. August 1940 heiratete McNamara seine Jugendliebe Margaret Craig. Die beiden bekamen zwei Töchter und einen Sohn. Margaret McNamara starb im Februar 1981 an Krebs. Im September 2004 heiratete er in zweiter Ehe Diana Masieri Byfield. Am 6. Juli 2009 starb Robert McNamara im Alter von 93 Jahren.
Craig McNamara was a Vietnam-era protester. His father was the U.S. secretary of defense. In a new memoir, he tries to untangle that knot.
“Craig McNamara has given us a profound, wrenching, brave, and essential memoir – a must read for anyone who wants to understand the tragedy of the Vietnam War and why its echoes are still being felt in America today.
