Word: expert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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INSIDE SOUTH AMERICA, by John Gunther. A political travelogue of the South American continent, conducted by an expert tour guide who knows all the sights and sounds but moves too briskly to explain them thoroughly...
...trying to develop a soft cushion of economic development around China," says one Japanese Foreign Office expert. This "encirclement by prosperity" resulted last April in the largest all-Asian conference that Tokyo had witnessed since General Hideki Tojo's original Co-Prosperity Sphere conclave ia 1943. Six Asian nations attended-Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos and South Viet Nam, while Cambodia and Indonesia sent observers. The consequent exchange of information about economic aid needs and Sato's reminder that Southeast Asia receives only $2.50 per capita in foreign aid from all sources (v. $5 for Africa...
...more Northerners to replace them. Still, Saigon feels that the defection rate has reached a turning point, expects this year to more than double the number of defectors to 50,000. To that end, no technique of seduction or coercion is out of bounds. One American psy-war expert produced 50 defectors by a method that would have pleased Aristophanes: he persuaded the wives in a Central Highlands village to play Lysistrata to their Viet Cong husbands, refusing to sleep with them unless they deserted. They...
...year and a half since he vaulted from the cockpit of a fighter-bomber to become South Viet Nam's Premier, Northern-born Nguyen Cao Ky, 36, has shown a remarkable adaptability to the art of Asian politics. His handling of the Buddhist "struggle" crisis last spring showed expert timing. His Cabinet-level downgrading of ambitious "Southerners" has been deft and sometimes subtle. His trip to Australia and New Zealand, despite demonstrations against him, generally created a surprisingly good impression. Unlike such predecessors as Big Minh and Nguyen Khanh, the flamboyant, purple-scarfed aviator has been remarkably...
Army officers who supported P'eng in 1959 probably realize that their interests lie with the anti-Mao, expert faction. But they face a dilemma. They don't want to risk another defeat, especially in this case, when no one knows (or likes to think about) the fate of the losers. Yet, they are not eager to give substantial help to the reds...