William Westmoreland
General
1914-03-26
Books by William Westmoreland
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The Vietnam War
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Quotes by William Westmoreland
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By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?
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In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
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We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
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Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
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The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.
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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 enemy.
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President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
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We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.
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The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
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