Author: Stephen Ambrose

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Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job.

Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job.

- Stephen Ambrose

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

- Stephen Ambrose

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

Nixon regarded himself as having been cheated by life. He never got my vote.

- Stephen Ambrose

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

The great wars of the 20th Century made it into the worst Century ever.

- Stephen Ambrose

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

- Stephen Ambrose

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.

- Stephen Ambrose

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?

- Stephen Ambrose

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.

- Stephen Ambrose

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

There are many more want-to-be writers out there than good editors.

- Stephen Ambrose

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