Word: thought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...phrase to General Sir John. In his rush to prove that "flexible response" makes a 1980s European land war a possibility, he conveniently forgets that this policy evolved to meet Soviet threats, real or perceived, in odd corners of the world. Places like Vietnam, not West Germany. European strategic thought should still be based firmly on the existence of nuclear stockpiles on both sides. If Hackett represents a style of thought fashionable among NATO military leaders, it's time they received some re-education in the realities of the post-World...
...MIGHT FORGIVE Hackett his misunderstanding of modern strategic thought if he had turned out a well-written, entertaining tour of the next Armageddon. His account instead reads like a repair manual for a Chieftain tank upgraded for use on all NATO forces, with a simple refrain liberally repeated throughout--"What was done in the years between 1978 and 1984" (that is, Hackett nudges us in the ribs, what we should be doing right now) "was enough to prevent Soviet victory...
...thought for a moment. "No. I think we should...
...past looked especially kindly on Pan Am. In 1978, for instance, the CAB recommended that Pan Am be awarded a new route between Dallas-Fort Worth and London. Carter rejected the recommendation. Instead, he gave the route to Dallas-based Braniff Airways in what some critics thought was a blatant political bid for support of his energy program by Texas Congressmen. In short, though Pan Am's position is substantially strengthened by its majority holding, its merger with National is not yet guaranteed...
Yant's dusting, however, began rattling a few too many skeletons, and even some of his supporters thought he was becoming overzealous. On the same day that the News-Journal printed a reader's congratulatory letter to Yant, Publisher Harry Horvitz fired him. Said Horvitz-"I questioned his responsibility...