John kennedy Quote by James M Strock

“McNamara’s whiz kids were smart. But they had almost no experience in either war or weaponry, and were not necessarily an able substitute for…

— C.J. Chivers

Any military commander who is honest will admit he makes mistakes in the application of military power. -Robert McNamara

— Call Of Duty

A key to McMaster's thinking is his 1997 book, 'Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies…

— Peter Bergen

Some Kennedy aides have always insisted that Johnson misread J.F.K.'s plans for Vietnam. They say that Kennedy had begun to rethink the U.S. presence…

— Robert Dallek

I don't object to its being called "McNamara's war." I think it is a very important war and I am pleased to be identified…

— Anonymous

“During his first week on the job, McNamara sat down with the Pentagon’s Weapons Systems Evaluation Group (WSEG), which had just completed an intensive…

— Garrett M. Graff

In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of…

— Jeff Greenfield

“Kennedy may not have cared what Ike had to say. But he knew he at least had to appear to. If nothing else, the…

— Nancy Gibbs

Kennedy was haunted by the Bay of Pigs invasion but carried the country through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He later increased the number of…

— Kitty Kelley

Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara, who is a good businessman and…

— Norman Thoma

Most people give Kennedy a passing grade, a good grade on the Cuban Missile Crisis handling, but what they don't realize, if he had…

— Louie Gohmert

“Earlier that year, at the hundredth anniversary of his Harvard club, a member was talking about the spirit of Harvard College and saying how…

— Chris Matthews