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...more immediately, Ivanov said, the USSR could utilize new-found knowledge about successful Japanese economic strategies to help revamp the ailing Soviet economy. And if Soviet defense-oriented industries are converted to civilian-oriented industries, there would be less military tension between Japan and the USSR, he said...
...drawback of germ warfare is its unpredictability. Saddam might be reluctant to use it on the battlefield because his own soldiers could become infected. He would be more likely to launch germ attacks against specific targets, such as airfields, command centers and ships, or against civilian populations in an attempt to cripple oil production. Even then, the Iraqi leader would need to choose his weapon carefully. Some hardy microbes, such as anthrax and plague, can infect an area for years, which would make it dangerous for Iraq's troops to move into a territory that had been captured with...
...begin, some experts are worried that the more extreme reports of shortages may be disinformation circulated by Iraq to make its foes think a military attack is unnecessary, and thus gain time for Saddam to try to disrupt the alliance against him. More important, hardship for civilians does not necessarily indicate any lessening of Iraq's ability to fight; Saddam's dictatorship can and will squeeze the civilian economy as hard as may be necessary to maintain supplies to the armed forces. Case in point: U.S. Secretary of State James Baker said on ABC-TV's This Week with David...
...class youths to duck into college and professional deferments. But once conscription ended, the proportion of soldiers from more educated and affluent backgrounds dwindled even further. Though Congress approved a military pay hike of more than 60% in 1972, most people with college degrees could find better jobs in civilian life. By the late 1970s, as military pay scales began , to lag further behind those in the outside world, even high school graduates were in no hurry to sign up. They accounted for just 54% of enlistees in 1979; the Army fell 17,000 short of its manpower goals that...
...nation's population, they account for about 20% of the more than 2 million U.S. servicemen and -women. For them, the Army represents not only a job and a training opportunity but also a better chance to rise to positions of authority than they usually find in the civilian world. Colin Powell, the African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stands at the apex of a military hierarchy in which 26 of the Army's 407 generals are black -- including two of its three female generals...