#vietnam

After the 1954 Geneva international conference, Vietnam was divided into two parts. On paper, North and South Vietnam were twin countries born at the same moment. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#born #conference #countries #divided #geneva

During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions. ↗

— Nguyen Cao Ky

#colonial #decisions #during #fifties #french

Today, war of necessity is used by critics of military action to describe unavoidable response to an attack like that on Pearl Harbor that led to our prompt, official declaration of war, while they characterize as unwise wars of choice the wars in Korea, Vietnam and the current war in Iraq. ↗

— William Safire

#attack #characterize #choice #critics #current

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

#broaden #brothers #did #johnson #leave

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve. ↗

— Mark Shields

#bill clinton #chance #clinton #convention #during

I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam because they were my babies. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#because #i #opposed #proud #vietnam

To win in Vietnam, we will have to exterminate a nation. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

#nation #vietnam #will #win

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#heroes #hitters #me #realize #really

He's a novice, but he's had these - he's experienced in leadership in tight circumstances. He started - he dropped the first bomb, led the first air strike into North Vietnam. ↗

— James Stockdale

#bomb #circumstances #dropped #experienced #first

Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#although #been #boat #feel #get