10. Why did the world’s most
powerful nation fail to
achieve its objectives and
suffer its first defeat in
war, a humiliating and
deeply frustrating
experience for a people
accustomed to success?”
75. “The United States’
involvement in Vietnam was
not primarily the result
of errors of judgment of
the personality quirks of
the policymakers, although
these things existed in
abundance.
76. “It was the logical, if not
inevitable, outgrowth of a
world view and a policy;
the policy of containment
which Americans in and out
of government accepted
without serious question
for more than two decades.”