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...Having served in Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps (1941-43), I think I know somewhat more about him than some current historians [Nov. 29]. Indeed Rommel was no successful strategist, but he was a brilliant tactician. His campaign in North Africa is legendary and still unequaled. But those junior generals of today sometimes think they know better 27 years after Rommel's death. Are they kicking a dead lion with the hind...
...Another objection is that the lawyers for a class are sometimes the chief beneficiaries of a suit, taking a sizable percentage of the total judgment as a fee, while individual members of the class are entitled to only a few dollars each. A major worry, voiced by Solicitor General Erwin Griswold and by Chief Justice Warren Burger, is that the increasing number of class actions will compound the problems of already overburdened courts...
...Desert Fox" may not have been so foxy after all. According to an impressive roster of military experts appearing on West German TV, World War II Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was far from the brave and brilliant commander Hitler had cracked him up to be. Rommel's understanding of strategy was "slight," said General Ulrich de Maiziere, the Bundeswehr's chief of staff. After studying the archives, the program's director said: "He couldn't work with large bodies, and he panicked when faced with great tasks." Rommel's appeal to Hitler, suggested General Wolf...
...John Erwin, who is now a professor of Sociology at San Francisco State University, outlined the goals of the newly-formed California Union of Inmates, while John Anthony, a former inmate who is currently a spokesman for prisoners on Governor Sargent's Concern for Convicts Commission, expressed the hope that a national union could be founded...
...Erwin traced a 20-year evolution in the thinking of inmates that has culminated, he said, in a "critical perception toward society." The fact that prisoners no longer feel "worthless" has enabled them to join together and demand to be treated fairly, he said...