Aaron’s Reviews > In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam > Status Update

"[Dean Rusk] does not quarrel with our assertion that things are going very badly and that the situation is unraveling. He does not assert that the deterioration can be stopped. What he does say is that the consequences of both escalation and withdrawal are so bad that we must simply find a way of making our present policy work. This would be good if it was possible. Bob and I do not think it is." p.168