Bound Quote by Robert Dallek

“United States ambassador, Joseph Kennedy, who had just told Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, that he was disgusted with Britain’s performance. Britain would, Kennedy…

— Joshua Levine

During Richard Nixon’s first term, when I served as secretary of defense, we withdrew U.S. forces from Vietnam while building up the South’s ability…

— Melvin Laird

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as…

— John F. Kerry

“The politicians were in full bay, particularly those of his own party who had been urging, without success, his support of antislavery legislation which…

— Shelby Foote

“Grant notified the president that he had vacated the office and no longer functioned as war secretary. Faced with this fait accompli, Johnson was…

— Ron Chernow

“In practice, the new foreign policy, an effective Trump doctrine, was to reduce the board to three elements: powers we can work with, powers…

— Michael Wolff

During the election campaign of 2000, it was generally thought that then-governor Bush didn't know much about foreign policy or national security affairs, and…

— Elliott Abrams

“The mantle of a great power (was) inescapable. Was it better to extend diplomatic recognition to an unattractive regime and thereby hope to achieve…

— Charles Emmerson

Roosevelt understands that there are things that are worth surrendering your career for, like defending the country against [Adolf] Hitler.

— Michael Beschloss

“If you read British Foreign Office records from the 1940s, it’s clear they recognised that their day in the sun was over and that…

— Noam Chomsky

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

— Robert E. Lee

Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us in the administration that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong…

— Condoleezza Rice