Word: westmorelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that grew more baffling as well as more costly. We profiled the leaders of Saigon and Hanoi and the dissident Buddhist Thich Tri Quang. Cover stories on Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara and Lyndon Johnson charted Washington's goals and tactics, while two others on General William Westmoreland, who was Man of the Year for 1965 (middle), described the military strategy that seemed so promising then...
...born Eric Blair in 1903, the child of an Anglo-Indian civil servant who qualified, but only barely for membership in the English Establishment. He was the descendent of a long line of younger sons and could, if he chose to, trace his ancestry back to an Earl of Westmoreland and an absentec of younger sons, most of the material advantages had disappeared and Blair felt his marginal status strongly. With a father who began his working life as Assistant Sub-Deputy Opium Agent, fifth grade, and ended it Sub Deputy Opium Agent first grade he had reason...
General William Westmoreland, on the other hand, assailed Congressmen for not even using Administration-supplied information at committee hearings. He charged that they do not do their homework and are more interested in "stagemanship, self-aggrandizement and demagogucry" than in analyzing "extremely complex" issues. TIME'S MacNeil contends that legislators are afraid to hire more help because of adverse public reaction, but that if they forthrightly stated their need, the expense would be accepted...
...army stages coup. General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes chief of state, with Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky as Premier. White House confirms reports that U.S. forces are now authorized to engage in combat. U.S. military strength of 74,000 rises to 148,000 by October. U.S. Commander William Westmoreland requests 350,000, declares that...
Bracelet wearers come in all shades of opinion on the war. They include Eleanor McGovern, Bob Hope and George Wallace, General William Westmoreland and Princess Grace of Monaco. Many members of Congress and Governors wear the bracelets. President Nixon does not, but his brother Edward has ordered three...