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Your generation and mine have had very little real experience; we've been severed from the direct experience of war by some very good things. By the end of the draft, and by the defeat in Vietnam.

— Michael Ignatieff

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.

— Craig Venter

My generation was the tail end of the Cold War.

— Mike Pompeo

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

— Desiderius Erasmus

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

— Richard Holbrooke

Our generation was born during the turmoil following the First World War. That war marked the dividing line - at least for the Western World - between the comfortable security of the 19th century and the instability and flux of our own time.

— Robert Kennedy

World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.

— Jim Webb

Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.

— Walter Dean Myers

My generation had the best years. We missed the Second World War and caught the outburst of rock 'n' roll.

— Georgie Fame

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

— Chuck Palahniuk

✗Opposing Perspectives

Vietnam was the defining event for my generation. It spilled over into all facets of American life - into music, into the pulpits, in churches of our country. It spilled over into the city streets, police forces. And even if you were born late in the generation, Vietnam was still part of your childhood.

— Tim O'Brien