No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.
Richard M. NixonIf in order to avoid further Communist expansion in Asia and particularly in Indo-China, if in order to avoid it we must take the risk by putting American boys in, I believe that the executive branch of the government has to take the politically unpopular position of facing up to it and doing it, and I personally would support such a decision.
Richard M. Nixon