Word: warriorism
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...head where to get off; and in fact Alexander did put down his father once, at Philip's wedding feast. Philip had left the wild and crazy Olympias, Alexander's mother, to marry a Macedonian girl younger than Alexander himself (then 18). At the feast, Attalus, a warrior, expressed the hope that their union would bring a legitimate heir to the Macedonian throne, thus implying that Alexander was a bastard. Alexander responded by pitching a goblet at Attalus' head. That set off a brawl during which Philip (probably soused) drew his sword, tripped and tumbled. "Look...
...Iranian photographers who traveled to the front last week reported that Iran was conducting a double war: a regular campaign by the armed forces, and a "people's war." Local defense councils organized teams of civilian guerrillas, armed with homemade grenades, rifles and Molotov cocktails. Said one youthful warrior: "Iraqis have never seen this type of war. They still cannot figure out how essentially unarmed men can beat tanks. O.K. They shoot us-one, two, three or ten. But finally, we set the tank ablaze, drag them out and tear them to pieces. They have seen it happen...
...have the strength and wit to unite a feudal nation under his banner. It is his idea to train the criminal as his double, against the day he himself is wounded or otherwise unable to inspire his troops in battle. This, in time, the kagemusha, or "shadow warrior," successfully manages. But then the dying leader conceives the notion of having his stand-in attempt a more difficult impersonation: Shingen wants the kagemusha to take over his life entirely and rule in his stead after his death, which is to be kept secret for three years so that the momentum...
...biggest liability and provokes intense reactions. Beloved in Bavaria, the heartland of German conservatism, he is not just disliked but often detested nearly everywhere else. A highly intelligent man who was an exceedingly capable Defense and Finance Minister, he is nonetheless regarded as a hard-lining cold warrior. His bulldog appearance is caricatured almost daily. His rallies are beset by hecklers who hurl rotten eggs and tomatoes. Strauss's efforts to improve his image have backfired, leaving an impression of uncertainty and artificiality rather than statesmanship...
...forest of The Great Santini meet, and the audience finds itself five miles above land in the cockpit of Meechum's airplane during a training run. The film has run out of steam on race relations, and so abruptly resumes its portrayal of the problems encountered by a warrior without a war. Meechum, reminding himself several times that he is the Great Santini, runs into engine trouble while he has departed from his flight plan to do some aerodynamic acrobatics, and he dies in the crash--ostensibly because he stays with his machine until he has assured himself that...