Word: militarist
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...French, being French, go further, requiring that 40% of their TV shows be produced in France. Still, the glossy American product flutters in, and prevails. Beverly Hills, 90210 is wildly popular all over the Mediterranean; in South Africa, Major Dad (the hilarious story of a retrograde white militarist outnumbered in his own home) is a big hit. And MTV is now second only to God in omnipresence: people in 232 million homes around the world may now watch snarling guitarists and half- naked go-go babes 24 hours...
Roosevelt, re-elected to a third term in 1940 after pledging that "your boys are not going to be sent to any foreign wars," knew that Hirohito was just a figurehead ruler over a militarist government dominated by the flinty General Hideki Tojo. Still, Roosevelt staked his hopes for peace on a last- minute message to the Emperor. "Both of us," Roosevelt said, "have a sacred duty to restore traditional amity and prevent further death and destruction in the world...
...distinction is not precise or absolute. But, as the leading example, the European Community is founded on economic principles. A succession of terrible wars has sharply reduced the nationalist-tribal and militarist instincts in Western Europe. The Community is trying to build a supranational order based on economic cooperation and competition, on material self-interest, ultimately on reason. Japan is also pouring most of its once militaristic energies into economic channels...
...army's involvement in the killing. In 1931, Tokyo again tried to stop the army. But renegade officers arranged for a geisha to distract and delay the envoy sent by the central government. Overtaken by events and well aware that the Manchurian offensive had won acclaim for the militarist factions in Tokyo, the Japanese government caved in to the army's visions of manifest destiny -- and to its foolhardy insistence on heeding the lessons of World War I at any cost...
...will never be mistaken for John Rambo, but Michael Dukakis, clad in an Army helmet and clutching a machine gun, tried to look like the militarist he isn't at a General Dynamics plant outside Detroit last week. It was difficult to tell whether the queasy expression came from his bumpy ride in an M1 tank or his disdain for hokey photo ops. But he was ready to sacrifice dignity in the service of his theme. The message: Dukakis is tough on defense...