Word: command
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...deciding that case, the Supreme Court said that an army commander is responsible for atrocities committed by soldiers under his command and is guilty of a war crime if he does not effectively control his troops, even if he was unaware of the situation...
...Saigon command disclosed that between 2000 and 3000 South Vietnamese have been pulled out of Laos over the past two days...
...Saigon, South Vietnamese command spokesman Lt. Col. Tran An announced that "some South Vietnamese units which were heavily engaged by the enemy have been pulled back to South Vietnam. They have not been replaced. Just over a regiment was withdrawn...
This fear intrudes on much of Mailer's most serious work, filling it with a bloodcurdling immediacy-the mechanization of command in wartime, the mechanical sterility of men in politics, and of course, most recently, the near congruence of men and machines in space exploration...
...Command yesterday claimed that the number of American troops in South Vietnam has reached 317,300. the lowest point since October 1966. U.S. headquarters has explained that the drop is a direct result of Nixon's plans for troop withdrawals in South Vietnam...