“[Discussing a visit with Vietnamese peasants] I found them to be frightened, muddled, weary. Again and again as they spoke, one thread seemed to run through their conversation. They were not participants in the conflict, but its victims. They sympathized with neither Diem or the Vietcong, only leaning to the side that harrassed them less.” WarOppressionVietnamVietnam War Author:Stanley Karnow, Vietnam-A History: The First Complete Account of Vietnam at War