Administration Quote by Thomas Sowell

“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

“By 1967 McNamara was pacing about his expansive Pentagon office, staring at the large framed photograph of Defense Secretary Forrestal (who had committed suicide),…

— James T. Patterson

When it came to the Vietnam War, Mr. McNamara was an early advocate of escalation but came to realize the flaws in the American…

— Samantha Power

Back then when Chomsky and Herman wrote, the left, myself among them, all knew that something terrible was happening in Vietnam, though most now…

— James Donald

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

“I keep thinking about all the kids who got wiped out by seventeen years of war movies before coming to Vietnam to get wiped…

— Michael Herr

“LIED-ABOUT WARS Advertising campaigns, marketing schemes. The target is public opinion. Wars are sold the same way cars are, by lying. In August 1964,…

— Eduardo Galeano

“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

Much of the conventional wisdom associated with Vietnam was highly inaccurate. Far from an inevitable result of the imperative to contain communism, the war…

— H. R. McMaster

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

— David Cross

Neoconservatives and the Pentagon have good reason to fear the return of the Vietnam Syndrome. The label intentionally suggests a disease, a weakening of…

— Tom Hayden

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