Word: alarmistic
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...breathless prose: "Part of the Russian first and second lines now toughly reformed and began firing wildly to the rear; Murat's leading divisions seemed hopelessly trapped. Instead, the cavalry of the Guard burst forward." Or: "On 11 October, Bernadotte halted short of Munich in a cloud of alarmist reports." If passages are inadvertently funny, the book is nonetheless a bugle blast to bring every armchair general snapping to wild-eyed attention...
...Gaulle began by emphatically assuring Frenchmen that they had never had it so good. "For France the year that has ended was, in sum, favorable. In contrast with other times which were cruel and agitated, and despite the alarmist cries of insatiable partisans, we have encountered no catastrophes. Quite the contrary...
...were shocked at the turn of events in a nation as presumably stable as Argentina. In Washington, the first reaction was that the Alliance for Progress had been dealt a severe blow. Had it not backed the wrong man? The Kennedy Administration's second reaction was not so alarmist: the news from Buenos Aires only underlined the fact that trouble can break out anywhere in Latin America, thereby justifying continued U.S. concern; furthermore, the fact that suppressed elections, general strikes and military interference had not led to more turmoil suggested that there was much in Argentina-beyond one possibly...
Said Dale of his list: "I shall not add at this point, as the alarmist school customarily does, that this is 'only a partial list,' because it is all I can think of. I have a hunch that their 'partial' lists are all they can think of too, but let that...
...Minister's bench and described, in blunt language he had never used before, the "continuing aggression" of Red China's troops against India's northern borders. The frontier incidents were clearly a Chinese testing of India's willingness to defend itself. "We must not become alarmist and panicky and take wrong actions," cautioned the ever-cautious and neutralist Nehru, but then he added ringingly that "there is no alternative to us but to defend our borders and our integrity." M.P.s in white homespun thumped their benches in stormy agreement...