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McNamara's interest in quantitative figures is also seen in Project 100,000 aka McNamara's Folly: by lowering admission standards to the military, enlistment was increased. Key to this decision was the idea that one soldier is, in the abstract, more or less equal to another, and that with the right training and superior equipment, he would ...
1984, Ireland, Anvil Books ISBN 0-900068-82-5, Pub date 11 July 1984, hardback 1985, Ireland, Anvil Books ISBN 0-947962-01-8 , Pub date September 1985, paperback References
Project 100,000, also known as McNamara's 100,000, McNamara's Folly, McNamara's Morons, and McNamara's Misfits, [1] [2] was a controversial 1960s program by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to recruit soldiers who would previously have been below military mental or medical standards.
"McNamara's Band" (originally "MacNamara's Band") is a popular song composed in 1889 by Shamus O'Connor (music) and John J. Stamford (lyrics). The song was performed as a music hall routine by William J. "Billy" Ashcroft.
A. J. McNamara (1936–2014), judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Andrew McNamara (born 1959), Australian politician from Queensland; Andy McNamara (born 1969), American radio sports announcer; Barbara McNamara (born 1942), American linguist, former deputy director of the National Security Agency
Caitlin Thomas (née Macnamara; 8 December 1913 – 31 July 1994) was an author and the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas.Their marriage was a stormy affair, fueled by alcohol and infidelity, though the couple remained together until Dylan's death in 1953.
MacNamara or McNamara (Irish: Mac Con Mara) is an Irish surname of a family of County Clare in Ireland. According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the MacNamaras were one of the chiefly families of the Dal gCais or Dalcassians who were a tribe of the Erainn who were the second wave of Celts to settle in Ireland between about 500 and 100 BC. [1]
Prior to the arrest, "Episode 115: I'll Be Gone in the Dark at Skylight Books" featured Oswalt and Jensen discussing the book and their roles in finishing the project following McNamara's death. [17] In that episode Oswalt discussed McNamara's writing process, including making "era-appropriate playlists to help her get into a proper mindset". [18]