"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
About this Quote
In this quote, author Stephen Ambrose is going over the absence of support and resources offered by the United States federal government during the Vietnam War. He specifies that neither President Johnson, his political party, nor the government as a whole wanted to assign the necessary workforce to effectively carry out the war effort. This suggests an absence of commitment and devotion to the cause, along with a failure to properly prepare and gear up soldiers for the challenges they would deal with in Vietnam. The use of the word "enough" emphasizes the inadequacy of the resources supplied, highlighting the potential repercussions of this lack of support. In general, this quote highlights the drawbacks and failures of the US government throughout the Vietnam War.
This quote is written / told by Stephen Ambrose between January 10, 1936 and October 13, 2002. He/she was a famous Historian from USA.
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