The unraveling that I experienced much earlier in the Vietnam war than many people think, was due to the immediate foxhole experiences.… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
Being a correspondent at the Vietnam war for me was about exposing myself to danger but it wasn't completely self-serving. I felt that there… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
You're going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“I really believe that when we start talking ourselves back, we'll have more to offer the world." he [Woodenkinfe] said. "I don't want a… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“Directly overhead the Milky Way was as distinct as a highway across the sky. The constellations shown brilliantly, except the north, where they were… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary. — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
“Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
In a guerrilla war, the line between legitimate and illegitimate killing is blurred. The policies of free-fire zones, in which a soldier is permitted… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
It’s paradoxical that the death of your quarry is besides the point and at the same time the whole point. A chase without a… — Philip Caputo Copy Share Image
