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...Both presumptions, applied initially to Japan, were soon to shape all nuclear diplomacy after the war, since the presumptions of necessity and effectiveness would make threats to use nuclear weapons believable. Nixon inherited those presumptions, though he came to question them. He did not believe that the bombing of civilian populations wins wars. Eventually the whole problem was to be made immaterial, once Soviet and American nuclear weapons so grew in numbers and in power that the threat of mutual annihilation emerged as the only strategy available to either side. At first Nixon observed this process. Later he managed...
...limits of his skill and confidence. This means further than anyone else. He is frequently "cobbing" his engine, flying "balls to the wall," and coming close to "augering in." As an Air Force test pilot on captain's pay, he took the same risks as his high-salaried civilian counterparts. He resented those who flew for the money and was riled by flyers he felt did not listen to an experienced country boy. Scott Crossfield "just knew it all, which is why he ran a Super Sabre through a hangar." Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon...
Yeager's decision to remain in the Air Force for 34 years rather than take lucrative civilian jobs paid off. There were challenging assignments in Europe and Asia, and the perks were good. He tells of using bombers to airlift him and his cronies to remote hunting and fishing grounds. The military also allowed him to do what he does best: fly fighters. His last combat missions were in Viet Nam, where, he coldly notes, he was credited with killing 50 V.C. on one mission. Yeager sees the world through gunsights. He takes potshots at astronauts ("little more than Spam...
...Nelson Mandela, has been imprisoned by the government since 1962. From exile, the acting heads of the 73-year-old nationalist movement have vowed to win independence by intensifying military action and by extending a sporadic sabotage campaign, so far directed more at property than people, to include "soft civilian targets." Even as Bishop Tutu delivered his cry of the heart at KwaThema last week, some youths, waving the black, green and gold colors of the A.N.C., chanted, "Give us weapons. We want to strike back at the state...
Tambo's response was that such military setbacks would merely force the A.N.C. to place greater emphasis on sabotage. In the future, he said, the guerrillas would strike not only at military and economic targets but civilian ones as well. The A.N.C. has since demonstrated that it is capable of doing that, though in most cases the victims have been black. What remains in doubt is whether the A.N.C. at present has anywhere near the power it would need to make a serious dent in the country's finely honed security apparatus...