Word: civilians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...company-sized units. Despite 21 significant confirmed violations of the buffer zone, U.S. officers saw no pattern of abuse there and could locate no major military threat. At the same time, Saigon claimed that, despite the understanding that cities should not be hit, the Communists had shelled 98 civilian areas in the first two weeks since the halt-five times as heavy a bombardment as in the fortnight preceding it. Such statistics would clearly be useful to Thieu if he wanted further justification for boycotting the talks...
Once again, a freewheeling African civilian government had been overthrown by a more conservative military, the ninth such coup since...
...memoirs of the late Senator Robert Kennedy [Oct. 25] provide a timely lesson on the virtues of civilian control over the military. Military blunders, miscalculations and misjudgments have been more frequent than history and texts record. Lucky for us that President John F. Kennedy was conscious of military fallibility when he so brilliantly resolved the Cuban crisis in 1962. With due respect to our dedicated and loyal military leaders, let us hope that our President will never subordinate his judgment to theirs, particularly in this age of the bomb...
...best evidence, the best advice, argued for a halt. But Johnson still hesitated, harried by a final doubt. There was only one man who could resolve it for him, and he summoned home General Creighton W. Abrams, U.S. Commander in Viet Nam. At 2:38 a.m., dressed in civilian clothing to disguise him en route to the White House, Abrams walked into the Cabinet Room and sat down at the President's left. Johnson brought him up to date on the pending decision, then asked for his military assessment. While other advisers listened silently, the President leaned...
Kroll told the court he has filed papers for a conscientious objector status. Should this appeal be accepted by a review board at Fort Devens, Zalkind explained, Kroll would either be discharged and assigned to alternative civilian duty, or assigned as a non-combatant medic in the army...