Word: civilianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Powell's story is divided into four chapters. The first explores his upbringing in the Bronx and how he grew attracted to the military through ROTC. The second part details his first tour of duty in Vietnam, a defining experience that taught him lifelong lessons about the relationship between civilian leaders and their soldiers. The third section deals with the Gulf War, including Powell's sometimes heated relationship with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and why the Bush team did not continue the battle until Saddam was toppled. Finally, Colin Powell muses about the presidency and what he thinks is ailing...
...morning and told him I sensed we were nearing endgame. The prisoner catch was approaching 70,000. Saddam had ordered his forces to withdraw from Kuwait. The last major escape route was choked with fleeing soldiers and littered with the charred hulks of nearly 1,500 military and civilian vehicles. Reporters began referring to this road as the "Highway of Death...
During my service in both military and civilian national-security posts, I studiously avoided doing or saying anything political, and it has taken me a while to shed the lifetime habits of a soldier. Gradually, however, as I speak around the country, the reticence is leaving...
...Kennedy School professor was named Monday as one of 12 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor...
Defense Secretary William Perry today denied Russian claims that NATO bombings around Sarajevo have resulted in children's deaths. He said had seen "no evidence of any civilian casualties" after a personal review of over 100 targets struck by Allied fire since the raids began on Aug 30. Perry said the accuracy of the airstrikes in Bosnia was so good it surpassed even the performance of Allied bombers in the Persian Gulf War. "Of course Serb television is always reporting that civilians are being killed," Alexandra Stiglmayer reports from Sarajevo. "But they never give any numbers of how many were...