Vietnam war Quote by Mark Bowden

“From the perspective of nearly half a century, the Battle of Hue and the entire Vietnam War seem a tragic and meaningless waste. So…

— Mark Bowden

A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is…

— Le Ly Hayslip

Many of us, whether in the jungles of Asia or on the streets of Chicago, had discovered that noble causes can lead to ignoble…

— Linda Grant

I'm not going to say I was opposed to the Vietnam War. I'm going to say I'm opposed to war. But I'm also opposed…

— John Wooden

“In all, the future secretary of defense and wartime vice president[, Dick Cheney,] would receive five deferments during the Vietnam War, protecting him from…

— Charlie Savage

I didn't see conflict during the Vietnam War, but I did lose close friends.

— Michael Buffer

“I always liked your piety, Jack.” “I’m a lot cuter than the women of your generation,” Betsy said, playing up to Capers and Mike.…

— Pat Conroy

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

— William Westmoreland

“Stories are for eternity, when memory is erased, when there is nothing to remember except the story.”

— Tim O'Brien

I remember being a kid and the Vietnam War was huge and looking at Watergate.

— David Cross

In the sixties, during the Vietnam war, when anarchists and pacifists and socialists, Democrats and Republicans, decent-hearted Americans, all recoiled with horror at the…

— Pete Seeger

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the…

— Andrea Mitchell