“I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day.” WorldTryingIdeasStatesFightingLostNo IdeaVietnamKent Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“Hippies started the ecology movement. They combated racism. They liberated sexual stereotypes, encouraged change, individual pride, and self-confidence. They questioned robot materialism. In four years they managed to stop the Vietnam War. They got marijuana decriminalized in fourteen states during the Carter Administration.” MenYearsWarSelfStatesIndividualFourMovementPrideRacismActivismSelf ConfidenceAdministrationMaterialismVietnamFour YearsMarijuanaEcologyStereotypeRobotsHippieVietnam WarLiberatedCarterFourteen Author:Timothy Leary
“You go back and look at things like Civil War, World War II, Vietnam, a lot of people dying in state-sponsored arm conflict” PeopleWorldLooksWarStatesDyingArmsConflictWar Of The WorldsCivil WarVietnamWorld War IiWorld War IPeople Dying Author:Juan Williams
“The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.” WorldWarStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsWar Of The WorldsVietnamWorld War IiWorld War IShattering Author:Richard Holbrooke
“It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing.” Has BeensSaidWarStatesWinningUnitedUnited StatesRecordsPolicyLosingConsequenceOptimisticPropagandaMakersVietnamEnteringExpandingDeceivedVietnam WarPessimisticAssessmentPolicy Makers Book:The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay Source: The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay