Word: generalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...General William Westmoreland, D.M.S., Chief of Staff, U.S. Army...
Even more frustrating for general officers is the fact that they do not even have official control of the troops under their command. West Germany has no operational general staff, and all its strategic plans and commands come from NATO headquarters in Belgium. Unlike other NATO powers, which allot part of their armed forces to NATO but keep command of the remainder, every single West German combat unit is under NATO command. Although a number of West German officers are mixed in with other allied officers in the NATO command structure, in practical terms the Bundeswehr is an extension...
...blindly obeying orders. The soldier is supposed to follow commands because he understands the reasons for them, rather than jawohl-ing out of automatic respect for, or fear of, authority. Though all officers are obliged to take courses in Innere Führung, some are unhappy about it. Brigadier General Heinz Karst charges that inner direction has produced an "unsoldierly army...
...shot. In South Korea, a mere 3,500 men in an army of 600,000 put General Park Chung Hee in power. Luttwak's little classic explains how so few can fool so many. By revealing the necessary delicacy of timing-a single miscalculation of hours or minutes can send the plotters to their execution-he also shows how easy it is to prevent a coup. In his appendices Luttwak offers other advice for despots eager to cling to their posts. It resembles that given by one of the tyrants of ancient Greece. Asked how it was that...
Washington gossips are wont to make unkind jokes about "Plastic Pat, the Wind-Up Doll." But Pat Nixon has paid them no heed. Pat, backed up by Daughters Tricia and Julie, made the rounds of wounded servicemen at Honolulu's Tripler General Hospital. She was completely relaxed with the G.I.s, who were as impressed with her as they were with Julie's interest and enthusiasm and Tricia's flowing golden tresses. The Nixon ladies then returned to Washington, but not for long. Pat leaves on a three-day trip to California and the Pacific Northwest this week...