McNamara's Folly Quotes

“If fear can slow down the thinking of an ordinary soldier, imagine what it does for a soldier who is slow-witted to begin with.”
― Hamilton Gregory, McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War

“According to Colonel David Hackworth, who fought in both the Korean and Vietnam wars and became one of the most highly decorated warriors in American history, “Project 100,000 was implemented to produce more grunts for the killing fields of Vietnam. It took unfit recruits from the bottom of the barrel and rushed them to Vietnam. The result was human applesauce.”
― Hamilton Gregory, McNamara's Folly: The Use of Low-IQ Troops in the Vietnam War