The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
William Westmoreland
President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox... →
It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.
War is fear cloaked in courage.
I was so upset with what was going on in the world. I just couldn't stand the idea of being people tortured and that we even had such a thing as... →
Vivienne Westwood
I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.