"Some of his ancestors were surely Irish, for he possesses the love of horse and hunting, the ready spirit, highly dev…"

"Exactly twenty-five years from 1 May 1950- the day President Truman authorized the first U.S. military assistance to …"

"Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (the whole peninsula of Indochina) present a puzzling picture, enigmatic to most foreigne…"

"In the late 1950s, when Taylor was the Army chief under the Eisenhower administration, I served in his office as the …"

"Eventually the decision was reached to accept the armed chopper as an essential part of the air mobility concept but …"

"Looking back at this period (1965-1967), I have often wondered why General Taylor was seemingly unable to convince Pr…"

"Palmer essentially confirms the futility of the American commitment in Vietnam. He stresses, for example, that air po…"

"I have often reflected that General Abrams, who had worked so hard to make the South Vietnamese armed forces capable …"

"Both Abrams and Westmoreland would have been judged as authentic military "heroes" at a different time in history. Bo…"

"Even when heavy enemy battle losses are substantiated, one must be careful not to judge their psychological effect on…"