"They were to a man thoroughly American"

"They were to a man thoroughly American, in their virtues as well as flaws: idealistic, insolent, generous, direct, violent, and provincial in the sense that they believed the ground they stood on was now a part of the United States simply because they stood on it." p.27, from the book by Philip Caputo. A Rumor of War. New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1977, 1996. ISBN: 978-0-8050-4695-3