Word: clue
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Startling Dearth. In startling contrast to the spate of military books was the dearth of competent political books that could provide U.S. readers of 1943 with some clue to the background of conflict from which they might appraise the turbulent changes of the year. The geopoliticians were busy. Andreas Dorpalen's The World of General Haushofer ($3.50) and Derwent Whittlesey's German Strategy of World Conquest ($2.50) examined the basic ideas which German Geopolitician Haushofer has contributed to Nazi grand strategy. Still a strong seller was Democratic Ideals and Reality ($2.50), by aging British Geopolitician Sir Halford Mackinder...
...Plan for Defeat. Hitler told the Germans that they must be willing to swap some of their conquered territory for military security. This statement was not merely an alibi for retreat. It was a clue to Germany's strategy of defeat...
...Dodd, Mead ($2). A run-with-the-hare and hunt-with-the-hounds affair in which a hard-up English business man murders his wife's rich uncle, and covers his tracks from everybody but the patient and methodical Inspector French, who provides a first-class exercise in clue chasing and deduction...
...strength of the South Pacific fleet was the Navy's own and carefully guarded secret. One clue was the quiet confidence of Navy men. Admiral Ramsey said cryptically : "The situation has improved greatly down there in recent months." He also declared: "Their probable available first-line carrier strength may approach ours at this moment," which was a backhanded way of stating that our carrier strength has grown considerably since dark November 1942, when Japan's carrier strength probably exceeded ours...
Human Traits. Dr. Lin finds the clue to such a common standard in the old Chinese philosopher, Mencius (372-289 B.C.), who taught that four human traits are common to all men: 1) a heart of mercy; 2) a sense of shame; 3) a sense of courtesy and respect; 4) a sense of right & wrong...