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For the millions of Americans who just want to send letters to loved ones on the front lines, Hallmark has introduced a homey new line of cards. One of them begins: "It takes a special person to serve our country . . ." Next, maybe the writers at the Kansas City firm will...
Another surprise for the allied command is how well its pilots -- and equipment -- are performing at night. One concern had been the efficacy of night-vision goggles, which had been blamed for dozens of crashes over the past decade. These goggles, which are standard issue for ground forces, rely on...
Previous generations of pilots had spoken of a "bomber's moon." But that was in an era of what would now be considered low-tech conflict. Today the ideal condition for an air raid is a pitch-black night. Infrared devices and laser- guided bombs enable pilots to see and...
At the end of his last book on India, V.S. Naipaul wrote that the country's survival depended on seeing the past as dead "or the past will kill." In that volume, India: A Wounded Civilization, as well as in his earlier work on the subcontinent, An Area of Darkness...
There is nothing inherently wrong with that, provided the new material is interesting. Most of Ned's additions are. Several are funny, including Ned's attempts as a Service neophyte to tail and protect an oil-rich sheik and his shoplifting wife on spending binges across London's West End...