Word: marshaller
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...Jamshedji Manekshaw stepped forward to the presidential dais and saluted stiffly. Then India's President V.V. Giri ceremoniously handed Manekshaw an ornate silver-tipped baton. With that, the military commander who masterminded Pakistan's humiliating defeat in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war became the first Indian field marshal in his country's history...
...ceremony was as determinedly British as it might have been in the era of the Raj. In a singular display of military punctilio, the new field marshal even received a congratulatory cable from the Pakistan army chief of staff, General Tikka Khan, who was military governor of East Pakistan when the war with India began. Like Manekshaw, Tikka Khan is a graduate of the Indian Military Academy, India's equivalent of Sandhurst. It was all, as the British might say, "a jolly good show...
Watched by several hundred Bangkok citizens who swarmed into the narrow street outside the embassy. Thai, Israeli and Egyptian officials raced to the scene. Thailand's Deputy Foreign Minister Chartichai Choonhaven and Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya, as well as the Egyptian Ambassador to Bangkok, Mustafa Essawi, entered the embassy to negotiate with the terrorists. Israeli Ambassador Amir remained outside, in direct contact with the Israeli Cabinet in Jerusalem through a hastily installed telex machine...
With such men, Hubbard believes, the threat of force is actually "counterproductive." In fact, the skyjacker seems to respond to greater force with increasingly violent tactics of his own. A good example, says Hubbard, is the sky-marshal program. "Before marshals arrived on the scene, skyjackers were arming themselves with pistols. When the Government escalated, so did the hijackers; now they use a pistol and a bomb." To make things worse, the Government has virtually abandoned the marshal program, yet has made only a low-key-and little noticed-announcement to that effect. As a result, skyjackers have not reduced...
June 1965. South Vietnamese army stages coup. General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes chief of state, with Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky as Premier. White House confirms reports that U.S. forces are now authorized to engage in combat. U.S. military strength of 74,000 rises to 148,000 by October. U.S. Commander William Westmoreland requests 350,000, declares that...