Word: combative
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Following the Minuteman and Polaris on the arsenal list is the Army's upcoming Pershing missile-a 400-mile supersonic "tactical" weapon that can be zipped around combat areas via truck, helicopter or airplane. It can be set up, aimed and fired from its portable launcher in less than an hour; it delivers a bang of up to one megaton -which makes it a threat to entire cities, if needed...
...Army classics which have enjoyed a wide circulation are FM 21-13, Department of the Army Field Manual: The Soldier's Guide, and The Combat Leader's Field Guide. The reader should not be put off by the austerity of their titles, for each of these books is a masterpiece of the field manual genre, written in a distinctive style...
...style of FM 21-13 is most influenced by Reinhold Niebuhr and Pat Boone, the style of The Combat Leader's Field Guide is derived primarily from Ernest Hemingway. Consider this passage from a section on probing for mines: "Echelon men 15 to 25 M to minimize casualties." This tone of taut realism is characteristic of the book. Its author, also anonymous, gives these instructions for testing for the presence of poison gas: "Nerve agents being quick killers, make test with detectors, then have 2 or 3 men unmask for 5 min.... If no symptoms, unmask...
...Desai went on to stress the geographical unity of the countries and the necessity for combining military forces. Together the armies could successfully combat the Red Chinese forces in Southeast Asia, while now each country spends too much of its military budget guarding Pakistan-Indian borders...
...years after the Mountainville summer, Homer spent a summer in an English fishing village on the North Sea. There, for the first time, he began to see nature in all its aggressiveness. In time, his seas erupted, his mountains became craggy, his people-fishermen, hunters, sailors-creatures in lonely combat with an often cruel environment. The early sweetness gave way to force and drama...