Word: overthrows
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...obvious. This, too, could be construed as a triumph for the Ba-ruchian wisdom, which is as platitudinous as most wisdom in that it concentrates on the all-too-often-forgotten obvious things, which are so often the fundamentals. As Clausewitz contributed to military science such statements as "the overthrow of the Enemy [is] the aim of military action," so Messrs. Baruch & Hancock advise the U.S.: "Transition from a war economy to that of peace is not easy; nothing worth-while...
...Rumanian people must work their passage home. Vocal protests against the continuation of the war mean nothing. You must . . . overthrow the present dishonored dictatorship and bring our country back to the Allies. Open and armed resistance must be set up. You must . . . realize once and for all that the Soviet. Union is regarded as an equal ally by Mr. Churchill. . . and President Roosevelt. . . . Rumania stands only to gain by securing the enduring friendship of our powerful eastern neighbor...
...Japanese militarists must be wiped out . . . [but] the question [of Japan's postwar government] can better be left to the awakened and repentant Japanese people to decide for themselves.' I also said 'if the Japanese people should rise in revolution to punish their warmongers and overthrow their militarists' government, we should respect their spontaneous will and allow them to choose their own form of government.' Mr. Roosevelt fully approved of my idea...
...Enemy. Not only the rulers but the people of the Axis nations are our enemies. "We cannot overthrow the Japanese military caste short of complete defeat of the Japanese people such as will compel them to submit to our discipline...
...offensive was probably timed to coincide with an ultimatum to Germany's people to overthrow their government and end the bombing (see p. 32). The morale of Berliners and Germans was as much the R.A.F.'s target as the sprawling fac tories, Government offices and railway communications of their capital. The Battle of Berlin will continue, said the R.A.F.'s Air Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris, "as opportunity serves and cir cumstances dictate until the heart of Nazi Germany ceases to beat...