Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will happen when the U.S. withdraws its ground forces from Viet Nam? The first trial run came at Ben Het, the embattled South Vietnamese outpost near Cambodia that was the well-publicized object of enemy pressure for 55 successive days. For the first time since the massive U.S. military buildup in 1965, South Vietnamese forces (ARVN) bore the brunt of a major ground action in the difficult border terrain. Though the siege last week was lifted and Ben Het remained in allied hands, the results were far from reassuring. "You can see it happening all the way to the beaches...
...world situation has changed dramatically, and American involvement in Viet Nam can and must change with it." Since the major U.S. Viet Nam buildup began in 1965, the U.S.S.R. and China have grown more hostile toward each other; Communist-courting Sukarno has been turned out of power in Indonesia; other Asian nations have made great economic gains. The region is now better able to withstand a weakened Communist challenge...
...concluded that the Russians had given up quantitative arms competition, only to see them spurt forward later. And before leaving office, McNamara acknowledged that, overall, the U.S. had spent too much on weaponry during his tenure because of mistaken estimates of Russian intentions. However, the Russians have accelerated their buildup, tripling their supply of land-based missiles in little more than two years. The U.S. remains ahead in overall nuclear-delivery capability, but Russia continues to close...
...Right now, Portnoy's Complaint is an event," says Philip Roth. "In two years it will be a book." The event was preceded by an enormous advance buildup; excerpts from the book were reprinted in various magazines, and the more outrageous passages were quoted and passed around. Now an assured hit that was sold out in bookshops weeks before its publication date, Portnoy's Complaint has already brought Roth a $250,000 advance on royalties, $350,000 in paperback sales...
...also due to expedients like "the Road of Life" across Lake Ladoga. Frozen solid in winter, it supported occasional food trucks and even the great 60-ton KV tanks that eventually began to roll in to the city's defense. At the end of 1943, the Russian buildup-some 1,200,000 men-was big enough for a successful counteroffensive. On Jan. 27, 1944, the siege was lifted...