Massive, irritating and even scary expressions of it were vital in shaking an obdurate Government, contemptuous of public opinion, from its determination to pursue war ad infinitum in Vietnam.

• 大规模的，刺激性的，甚至害怕表示其目的是为了推翻一个极其顽固的政府，蔑视公众舆论，美国发动了史无前例而漫漫无期的越南战争。