Word: retreated
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...expected witness this week is retired General James Gavin, who opposes Johnson's strategy and has argued that the U.S. should retreat to a limited number of enclaves in South Viet Nam. Even so, Gavin has backed down somewhat since his "turtle" tactics have drawn fire from most of his former colleagues, notably Taylor, who warned last week that a holding strategy of this sort would only convince the Communists that "wars of liberation" are "the surefire formula for successful expansion." Asked last week how he felt now about having suggested the idea, Gavin said: "I wish I hadn...
...been unable to agree on how to deal with the doctors. Harmel's Christian Socialists favor a lenient stand toward the physicians, while the Socialists would like to trim the doctors down to size. Remembering that the last doctors' strike lasted 18 days and ended in a retreat by both sides, Harmel decided to quit before the fighting even began, and submitted his resignation to King Baudouin. That pleased the doctors, who declared that they would not strike if the government resigned. But at week's end the King refused to accept Premier Harmel's resignation...
According to Gavin's plan, the United States would fortify its coastal enclaves and continue to defend the cities. The strategy would perhaps require as many as 500,000 troops. It would not spell retreat or withdrawal; in place of search-and-destroy, it would emphasize securing territory which is already occupied by allied forces. The U.S., rather than extending its commitment to land which is militarily unattainable, would concentrate its commitment--rationalize and define it -- to include only those areas in which it enjoys over-whelming tactical superiority. By blocking any further Communist advance, the plan would stabilize...
...most irked by Fulbright's suggestion that Administration officials "consult with the committee before they decide to resume bombing." Johnson regarded that as a challenge that could not go unanswered. Just before the 21-hr. White House briefing ended, he picked up a copy of Never Call Retreat, the last volume of Bruce Catton's Civil War trilogy, and read a passage describing how a group of Senators demanded that Lincoln reshape his Cabinet to their specifications to assure greater harmony. "Mr. Lincoln had no intention of doing this," the President drawled. "He had told a friend that...
...polite talk at parties he never visually discriminated between a shapely woman and, say, a sofa or a chair." Stolpe is convinced that Hammarskjöld remained a celibate all his life, and that his failure to establish an emotionally realistic relationship with women forced his gradual retreat into his inner world...