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...Ridgway: "The allied ground, sea, and air forces have let a lot of air out of the inflated balloon of the Chinese military establishments. Meanwhile, in the degree to which we deflate her military reputation, we influence the thinking of millions & millions of people in Asia. Eventually it must react on the political actions of their government. This would be of tremendous importance...
There was none of this recklessness about Ridgway's planning. He has been known to discuss nine different ways in which the enemy might react to a given move. He ruthlessly drove his subordinates. Once, after decorating a division commander for bravery, he dressed him down for not advancing quickly enough. After one of his best staff officers had made a rough landing during the Normandy jump, Ridgway sent for him. Flattered, the colonel expected congratulations on his safe arrival. Instead, Ridgway, noticing that he had lost his helmet, snapped, "Where the hell's your equipment...
Meanwhile, Yalies rallied to defend Derby Day, led by the News, which editorially urged student action. "React and write," said the News, "a lethargic reaction spells virtually...
...Germans react far more sensitively to concrete displays of effectiveness than to evidences of moral purity. While the U.S. was losing, Germans doubted it would ever be able to help them against aggression in Germany. Many sought Rűckversicherung (reinsurance) by signing Communist peace petitions, buying ads in Communist newspapers, reviving connections with East Germans and Russians. After Inchon, however, Germans could visualize for the first time substantial U.S. reinforcements against the threat of 300,000 crack Russian troops across the Elbe River. The latest Korean disaster has now scared many Germans into the belief that the U.S. will...
However, warned Muvelt Nep: Hungarian youth need not react by dancing "in overalls and with a hammer clenched in the hand." That would be "leftist deviationism...