The Vietnam War Quotes

“American Revolutionary War and the Vietnam War—were eerily similar, though reverse images of each other.”
― Robert Freeman, The Vietnam War: The Best One-Hour History

“In 1965, the CIA reported that 31% of the weapons captured from the Viet Cong were of American manufacture.”
― Robert Freeman, The Vietnam War: The Best One-Hour History

“Against the U.S. strategy of attrition, the North Vietnamese pursued a strategy of “enervation” or protracted war. This meant tiring the enemy of his will to fight.”
― Robert Freeman, The Vietnam War: The Best One-Hour History

“Their approaches to deal with this conundrum were all the same: provide enough support not to lose, but never quite enough to actually win. This was a formula for sustained frustration and “creeping entrapment.”
― Robert Freeman, The Vietnam War: The Best One-Hour History