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...from afar to bring Hussein down. The danger also threatened that Nasser's ally Syria might invade Jordan-possibly toppling Hussein, possibly touching off an explosion that would drag the U.S. into hot war. It was clearly to the interest of the U.S. and of world order to deter Syria-or Egypt or Russia or Israel-from intervening against Hussein...
...attacked, and Hussein had not asked for help (although he had clearly declared that his troubles were being compounded by international Communism). The mission of the Sixth Fleet, which started patrolling the Mediterranean ten years before the Eisenhower Doctrine was born, was not to apply the doctrine, but to deter an outbreak of gunplay that might make it necessary for the U.S. to apply the doctrine...
...about it." He appealed to the jury to "call it a bad day and let the boy go on in life." District Attorney Ralph Prince, who let 15 months go by before pressing the indictment, argued less forcibly that the jury should give Ross a jail sentence "that will deter others from committing a similar crime." The jury retired at 4:55 p.m. Ninety minutes later it was back with its verdict: guilty of murder, "without malice." The jury's recommended sentence: five years, suspended. Killer Ross was turned loose...
...work of scholarship, and makes no particular attempt to capitalize on Lewis' volcanic personality or his famous colleagues. Wagner writes clearly, if without particular flair, and covers his points in orderly progression. Though the scholarly tone of the work and its meticulous consideration of details will probably deter the general reader, it contains much of interest about a provocative man in a turbulent literary...
Already possessing conventional forces, West Germany has been committed, because of her location, to a "deter or die" position. Nuclear armaments promise to strengthen deterrent power; while Germany will be wiped out anyway, in the event...