“Bombardment or Invasion? Bringing an enemy to its knees by the air bombardment is the modern substitute for the time-honored method of conquest-invasion. But if this conventional bombing did not lead the enemy to surrender, it could become necessary to resort to invasion or nuclear bombardment. Invasion of North Vietnam, if preferred to nuclear bombardment, could demand a major U.S. effort. And if the Communist Chinese decide to come into the war in earnest, the U.S. effort will have to be tremendous.”
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