Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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South African soldiers have nothing but contempt for the idea of a U.N. ceasefire proposal that would replace them with 5,000 peace-keeping troops. Says one officer: "Five thousand men haven't got a hope in hell of monitoring a ceasefire. Before the last South African soldier was back across the border, SWAPO would be in Namibia." However, crossing the Angolan border at will, as South Africa has been doing, could backfire. Third World frustration over Pretoria's failure to make concessions at Geneva has generated renewed demands by black African nations like oil-rich Nigeria...
...then by the prizewinning collection of short stories, Airships. During this time, Hannah published a record number of stories in Esquire, where the native Mississippian confused the hell out of a lot of people with stories like "Dragged Fighting From His Tomb," the story of a homosexual Confederate Soldier who butchers his way into Pennsylvania, only to turn traitor to Jeb Stuart. Or "Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet," a story about Vietnam, pro golf, incest and infantry tactics...
...years from now will depend hi part on the vigor of Arabic and Slavic studies around the country. A presidential commission correctly concluded hi 1979 that "American incompetence in foreign languages is nothing short of scandal ous and it is becoming worse." One so bering example: when a Soviet soldier hi Afghanistan briefly sought asylum at the U.S. embassy hi Kabul last Sep tember, not one American official there could communicate with the would-be defector in Russian...
...provided an 11.7% military pay increase, but that was more than canceled by 12.4% inflation. All branches of the services are struggling to find ways to retain NCOs: bigger re-enlistment bonuses, better housing allowances, better discipline and esprit de corps. One attractive idea being discussed: permitting a career soldier to transfer his present education benefits to his own children or spouse. All told, the cost of needed pay increases and benefits is estimated at $4.4 billion for this year...
Mercenaries are the rage these days-"Soldier of Fortune" magazine sells 250,000 copies every month to readers eager to know what type of bullet will do the most damage, how they can defend against (read "kill") intruders, and how they can obtain that hit record, "War Songs of the Third Reich" (simply by mailing a lot of money to somewhere in the Midwest). The magazine's classified ads prove that this is more than show--people beg for assignments ("Central America preferred, but will go anywhere"). Dogs of War will appeal immensely to this crew. They will see exciting...