"I have been among the officers who have said that a large land war in Asia is the last thing we should undertake. Mos…"

"We all have a share in it, and none of it is good. There are no heroes, just bums. I include myself in that."

"First, we didn't know ourselves. We thought we were going into another Korean war, but this was a different country. …"

"For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?"

"The atomic explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki provided a new case for the decisive character of strategic bombing…"

"Nuclear weapons began to exert an important influence on military policy immediately following World War II, although…"

"In such a postwar climate, it was probably natural for the U.S. to do most of its defense spending for air power and …"

"But the problem of a Chief of Staff in Washington is not that simple. In the military service, an officer is not hail…"

"It is hard to suggest a remedy for this situation, which is one no military man enjoys. One alternative would be to r…"

"Give me three days and three nights of hard fighting, and you will be relieved."