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...other American war has there been such an absence of hatred for the enemy, or so little popular understanding of the nature of the conflict. Only in the South and Southwest is there a palpable feeling that an all-out effort should be made to ensure swift and total military victory. In South Carolina, home state of General William C. Westmoreland, the public attitude, as summarized by Democratic Senator Ernest Rollings, is to "invoke the necessary price, wage and commodity controls, shelve the 'Great Society' for now, and call up the needed units of reserves and National Guard...
...inclined to begin facing the consequences of defeat. Led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the rich oil-producing states agreed to put up $392 million to rebuild Egypt and Jordan-on condition that they be allowed to resume oil shipments to the West. But instead of pursuing destructive schemes for all-out rearmament against Israel, the summit dwelt on more sober thoughts. Nasser himself set the tone...
...with the rank of commander, he got his first glimpse of racist literature from a Navy couple in San Diego. At first he skimmed, then read deeply. Soon he had graduated to a secondhand edition of Mein Kampf. "I was hypnotized, transfixed," said Rockwell. "Within a year I was an all-out Nazi...
...Nixon seemed to be going against a gathering party consensus. If it is still far from all-out opposition to the war, it is clearly in favor of keeping all options open. The Republicans, of course, have as yet failed to come up with a cohesive position that offers any reasonable alternative to present policy. At this point in the political calendar, however, their best strategy is to wait upon events; whatever happens, it seems unlikely that they will adopt an extreme antiwar position. Meanwhile, Romney is looking ahead, and it seems likely that in coming months moderate G.O.P. leaders...
...Viet Cong were ready for an all-out campaign to subvert the countryside. Diem responded with repressive measures that only fueled the Viet Cong's enlistment program. When Diem was finally overthrown by his own generals (without U.S. protest) in 1963, the Viet Cong took a dip in strength. But during the revolving-door sequence of governments that followed Diem, the peasants lost faith in Saigon's ability to rule. The Viet Cong picked up strength again. They began to roam at will through the countryside, backed up by North Vietnamese regular soldiers who had come down...