Geoffrey Wheatcroft Professions : Journalist Born : December 23, 1945 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Geoffrey Wheatcroft Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British soldiers 1,034 were killed or wounded, including one in nine of all the officers the British lost in the whole war. Geoffrey Wheatcroft british-soldiers victory war For educated Americans like Joseph Ellis, Vietnam is a special hang-up. I am an Englishman of exactly the Vietnam generation, a couple of years younger than Ellis; indeed, for reasons too complicated to explain here, I was nearly drafted into the US army in 1965. I know many Americans of my own age and, as much to the point, my own class - journalists, publishers, lawyers. And I don't think I know one who served in Vietnam. Geoffrey Wheatcroft army couple thinking The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left. Geoffrey Wheatcroft political brutality age Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalist All Authors
