T.R. Fehrenbach

"To continue to utilize the forces of our Air and Navy without an effective ground element cannot be decisive."

"War was to be entered upon with sadness, with regret, but also with ferocity."

"To make a war, sometimes it is necessary that everyone guess wrong."

"Americans in 1950 rediscovered something that since Hiroshima they had forgotten: you may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire…"

"For the first time in recent history, American ground units had been committed during the initial days of a war; there had been no allies to hold the line while America prepared. For the first time, m…"

"The problem is to see not what is desirable, or nice, or politically feasible, but what is necessary."

"Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable."

"The United States will be forced to fight wars of policy during the balance of the century. This is inevitable, since the world is seething with disaffection and revolt, which, however justified and m…"