America Quote by William Shawcross

“who opposed Hanoi not so much on ideological grounds, but because of its methods. They had seen the VC execute or imprison leaders who…

— Mark Bowden

“Although Nixon stepped up military pressure by bombing heavily and greatly expanding South Vietnamese forces, the enemy did not bend. Nor did détente with…

— James T. Patterson

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

— William Westmoreland

Vietnam was a terrible mistake for the United States. But like Iraq, Vietnam was a badly chosen battlefield in a larger conflict with totalitarianism…

— Jacob Weisberg

“Hanoi’s leaders were virtuoso songbirds of propaganda. They lived in a bubble. There were no voices of dissent in their society to check or…

— Mark Bowden

“I mean, remember what the Vietnam War was fought for, after all. The Vietnam War was fought to prevent Vietnam from becoming a successful…

— Noam Chomsky

“By this time the Vietnam War was such a confusing issue to most Americans that Nixon could take as many positions as he liked…

— Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy

The Communist leaders in Moscow, Peking and Hanoi must fully understand that the United States considers the freedom of South Viet Nam vital to…

— Gerald R. Ford

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

— Tom Hayden

The greatest contribution Vietnam is making-right or wrong is beside the point-is that it is developing an ability in the United States to fight…

— Robert McNamara

Our objective in South Vietnam has never been the annihilation of the enemy. It has been to bring about a recognition in Hanoi that…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

“Vietnam is still, as it was thirty years ago, a poor country of rice paddy farms and sandy harbors, where fishermen cast nets from…

— Susan O'Neill