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Quotes from Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam — David Halberstam

1934–2007 United States

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We underestimated the willingness of these peasants to pay the price. We won every set piece battle. Westy believes that he never lost a battle. We had absolute military superiority, and they had absolute political superiority, which meant that we would kill 200 and they would replenish them the next day. We were fighting the birth rate of a nation.

Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam (2011)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Halberstam (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.