Word: commander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disastrous American intervention emerged not as an ill-advised adventure doomed from the start, but as a mammouth screw-up. It ended in failure not because America tried to suppress a civil war it could neither control nor understand, but because the military hierarchy malfunctioned and the civilians in command lacked the will power to force matters to a successful conclusion. If only we had not "fought with one hand tied behind our back," America would have won this war just as it won all the others. Yorktown, Midway, Normandy, Da Nang--they're all the same. But this argument...
...accept the theory that the ills of a society are found in its political and economic institutions, then we must concede that the use of force, an anemic economy and widespread alcoholism are indictments of the Soviet system of repression and command economics. By the same measure, our own anomie, represented by industrial decline, drugs and divorce, is symptomatic of the American society's weaknesses brought about by unrestrained freedom and excessive self-interest...
...guerrilla forces that challenge the government are divided into four main Marxist factions, and supplied with at least some weapons and training by Cuba. The guerrillas are under a unified command, but also operate independently. The Marxist organizations have been growing and organizing clandestinely on a scale that finally came as a shock to authorities. Guatemalan army analysts now estimate the guerrilla strength at 3,000 active fighters, plus as many as 30,000 untrained reserves and supporters. The strategy of the guerrillas is to isolate Guatemala City and to seize portions of outlying Guatemalan departments. The eventual...
...information uncovered by the raids led to a dramatic change of attitude within the Guatemalan army. Once content to rely mainly on passive defensive tactics, the military is now launching sweeps through the countryside under the command of a colorful, French-trained army chief of staff, Brigadier General Benedicto Lucas Garcia, who is also the brother of the Guatemalan President. A flamboyant commander who likes to hop aboard a blue-and-white helicopter to visit the front lines, "Benny," as he is called, has brought to the antiguerrilla fight some modern tactics: the use of large numbers of mobile troops...
...time, most pro scouts thought less of Montana than Bill Walsh thinks of most scouts. "They have no command of what the quarterback position takes, but they are good at reinforcing each other's opinion on what they don't know. All they care about is how tall he is, his build, how heavy he is, his delivery and if he can 'throw the ball a country mile...