“Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable.” — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Neither the Russians nor the Americans were the cleverest people, or the most experienced, in the world that followed 1945. The French were rather… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“None of them were equipped, trained, or mentally prepared for combat. For the first time in recent history, American ground units had been committed… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“The U.N. air interdiction against North Korea went on, destroying what little was left of its economy, making life utterly miserable for its people,… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“It was inevitable that the United States should take the position that the North Korean Communist State must now be destroyed for its lawlessness… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Emotionally and politically, Syngman Rhee could not accept the armistice terms. They left his nation and people divided; they left a million South Koreans… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Every age has a people or a culture that believes the shortest distance between dreams and goals is a bomb, a bullet, a gas… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“In July, 1950, one news commentator rather plaintively remarked that warfare had not changed so much, after all. For some reason, ground troops still… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“The surprise pointed up a continuing of American Intelligence. The various intelligence agencies poured a vast amount of information into Washington; they knew the… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“And it was no accident, in the late forties, that the makers of American policy, unwilling to backtrack with the public, began to try… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“the knowledge in men's minds had far more meaning for the future than whatever blood coursed in their veins.” — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Americans who felt, and still feel, that their soldiers taken by a power of different culture and lesser standards of humanity should be, or… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
“Something new had happened. The United States had gone to war, not under enemy attack, nor to protect the lives or property of American… — T.R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
