Apart Quote by Jim Webb

“I read Tom Brokaw’s book The Greatest Generation. This book celebrates the virtues of the generation that grew up between the two world wars.9…

— Dinesh D'Souza

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

— Tom Brokaw

We learned some bad things, and the Vietnam War led to some bad conclusions. We're not the greatest generation, that's for sure.

— Whit Stillman

“I was one of the postwar baby-boom generation”

— Helen Bryan

Greatest generation came through some stuff that we can't even imagine - the Depression, World War I - and all they wanted after that…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

— Richard Holbrooke

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western…

— Robert Kennedy

I don't quite understand how a generation and a half after the Second World War we've gotten where we are now.

— Zoe Leonard

I did go to Vietnam in 2000 as a kind of pilgrimage and to feel my generation was very much a part of this.…

— Anne Waldman

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.

— Michael Herr

I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was thrust upon…

— Greg Mottola

My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.

— Georgie Fame