Vietnam war Quote by Jack Goldstein

“Vietnam had never been a true civil war. It was a war of conquest, initiated and perpetuated for more than two decades by the…

— Andy Greenberg

“The United States had complete control of the air over all of Vietnam, and could presumably deliver a decisive blow at will. The failure…

— Mark Bowden

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this…

— Brendan Fraser

With 450,000 U. S. troops now in Vietnam, it is time that Congress decided whether or not to declare a state of war exists…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Above all, Vietnam was a war that asked everything of a few and nothing of most in America.

— Myra MacPherson

“And as far as the United States in Vietnam, the United States did not lose prestige because it left Vietnam. It lost prestige when…

— Howard Zinn

The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were a very…

— Robert McFarlane

The [Vietnam] war's gone on for three years. And we'd thought we'd ended it because we'd done exactly what we were told and what…

— Bill Ayers

The U.S. never lost a battle against North Vietnam, but it lost the war.

— John McCain

Most of us who were opposed to the war, especially in the early '60's - the war we were opposed to was the war…

— Noam Chomsky

“By this time the Vietnam War was such a confusing issue to most Americans that Nixon could take as many positions as he liked…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight…

— Robert McNamara