Word: command
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Prince Johnson, who had declared a truce with Doe less than a month earlier. During the hour-long battle, Doe was wounded in both legs by machine-gun fire and captured by Johnson, who immediately declared himself President. Doe loyalists, for their part, remained at their posts under the command of Brigadier General David Nimley, head of the presidential guard...
...unsurprising reality is that much of the Arab world views Hussein in this way, too. While the leadership of most Arab nations have denounced Saddam and would gladly see his power crushed, many of the people in these same countries regard him as a hero. And Saddam will command even more fanatical devotion if he emerges from the current crisis with what can in any remote sense be termed a victory...
Saddam's intelligence and command and control centers must likewise be reduced to rubble, thereby weakening his ability to plan and wage even a conventional...
...wield the extra powers of the office to steer the country away from a centralized system, where everyone took orders from above, toward a society where decisions would come from below and be coordinated with a vastly reduced administrative center. The only problem is that the old chain of command has all but collapsed, and nothing has arisen to take its place. The President's decrees have been largely ignored by the country's restive republics, determined to grab as much authority as they can from Moscow. Leading the revolt has been the country's largest republic, Russia, and Gorbachev...
...could not take command of Saudi forces and was unwilling to subordinate American troops to them, so Schwarzkopf was given a divided command. At a press conference later, Schwarzkopf explained, "This is not NATO, O.K.? There is not one supreme commander, and there doesn't need to be." Added White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater: "The chain of command has been working very well...