“There are Calleys in every army. What makes them dangerous is a set of circumstances in which their homicidal aberrations can run amok. The laws of war say that it is the responsibility of the highest leadership to do all in its power to prevent such circumstances from occurring.” WarRule Of LawMilitary Life Author:Neil Sheehan
“I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.” FirstsWarLiteratureGet AwayVietnamReportersAssignments Author:Neil Sheehan
“The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.” TwoWarCountryLiteratureCommunistUnthinkable Author:Neil Sheehan
“We wanted to see this country win the war just as much as those advisors did. We felt we would help to do that by reporting the truth. And so there was the moral outrage over this general and the ambassador in Saigon who kept denying the truth we would see.” WarCountryHelpingWantedLiteratureWinningFeltMoralOutrageAmbassadorsAdvisorsSaigonMoral OutrageDenying The Truth Author:Neil Sheehan
“Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.” WorldWarHomeHumanityCausesVictoryGlorySoldierWar Of The WorldsThank GodWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Neil Sheehan
“I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it.” YearsWarGenerationsEventsObsessionObsessedCoveringMy Generation Author:Neil Sheehan
“World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century.” WorldWarCountryStoriesPoliticalTurnsLiteratureLeadershipCenturyMilitaryAssumingBritishWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I19th CenturySuccess StoriesMilitary Leadership Author:Neil Sheehan
