Word: maneuverers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Maneuver. For three days, the coalition used all the tricks of parliamentary procedure to get the sting into a simple Administration resolution aimed at endorsing the dispatch of whatever U.S. troops were needed to provide a "fair share" of Western Europe's defenses. Amendment after amendment was thrown in...
On his tenth visit to the Korean front, Douglas MacArthur summed up the military situation: "Our field strategy . . . a war of maneuver with the object of inflicting as heavy a punishment upon the enemy as possible ... has worked well. [But] we must not fall into the error of evaluating such...
The U.N. campaign in the Korean peninsula bore striking resemblance to the Duke of Wellington's "Peninsular Campaign" against Napoleon's armies in Spain. The Iron Duke, like Matthew Ridgway, was pitted against enemy armies of overwhelming numerical superiority, capable of getting steady overland reinforcements. Wellington's...
Perplexity was still visible in Tokyo and Washington over Chinese intentions and capabilities. Until they became clearer, Allied attacks, whether large or small, would not be aimed at winning territory but at hurting and discouraging the enemy. At the top level, this was called a war of maneuver. A G.I...
To stop this, FRB has been pushing for higher interest rates on Government securities, to induce banks to hold them. Since a rise in the Government rate would also boost private rates, an increase would also make private loans more expensive and cut them down. Last summer, FRB, by a...