The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
Stephen AmbroseJohnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
Stephen AmbroseWho today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
Stephen AmbroseDuring the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.
Stephen Ambrose