“Why did the world’s most powerful nation fail to achieve its objectives and suffer its first defeat in war, a humiliating and deeply frustrating experience for a people accustomed to success?” -- George Herring
7. “Why did the world’s most powerful
nation fail to achieve its objectives
and suffer its first defeat in war, a
humiliating and deeply frustrating
experience for a people accustomed
to success?”
26. “French…troops are
making active
preparations for a
coup…. I therefore
most earnestly appeal
to you…and to the
American people
to…support…our
independence…”
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
71. “take all necessary measures to repel any
armed attack against the forces of the United
States and to prevent further aggression.”
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
85. “The United States’ involvement in
Vietnam was not primarily the
result of errors of judgment of the
personality quirks of the
policymakers, although these
things existed in abundance.
86. “It was the logical, if not
inevitable, outgrowth of a world
view and a policy; the policy of
containment which Americans in
and out of government accepted
without serious question for more
than two decades.”