Word: former
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger hears an echo from the 18th century, when armies used to maneuver around each other. The one emerging in an inferior position often surrendered quickly so that it could live to fight again. "We march television cameras instead of troops," he says. Warfare that used to seek land, wealth or subjugation now is aimed at the mood in Washington or Qum or Moscow or Riyadh...
...Nkomo, could pose a serious threat to the cease-fire plan. The two groups considered joining their forces under a single command and mounting a unified campaign in the forthcoming elections. Nevertheless, many guerrillas have been killed in intramural gun fights between the rival factions. Says James Chikerema, a former guerrilla leader: "The security forces sit on tops of hills and wait for ZIPRA and ZANLA to knock each other to pieces. Then they move in and kill." In November ZIPRA and ZANLA units clashed 100 miles north of the capital as both sides attempted to gain control...
...happy to have found good cause for my death and do not want to beg for my life. Give me the capital punishment but show mercy to the others." For Kim Jae Kyu, former Korean Central Intelligence Agency chief accused of murdering President Park Chung Hee last Oct. 26, the words were a defiant attempt to assume total responsibility for the assassination, for which six accomplices were also charged. His plea was in vain. Last week Kim, standing haggard and unshaven before a military tribunal in Seoul, was condemned to death with six others for his abortive coup attempt, which...
...Choi himself, who was formally inaugurated as President last week, the day after the Kim verdict, had far more on his mind than retribution for Park's slaying. For one thing, Seoul was still swirling with apprehensions in the wake of the stunning, couplike arrest of the former martial law commander, General Chung Seung Hwa, and a dozen other senior officers by a group of aggressive younger generals. For another, U.S. diplomats and military leaders in the capital who had previously stood aloof were now actively urging that the South Korean military keep clear of politics, and that Choi...
...surface, Choi continued to receive the support of the officialdom, including the military, and high marks from most observers. His Cabinet, sworn in before his own inauguration, seemed to be both neutral and competent. Selected as Prime Minister was Shin Hyon Hwack, a technocrat and former economic planning chief. The new Defense Minister was General Choo Young Bok, known as "Tiger Choo" to American officers in Seoul, and, curiously, the first South Korean Defense Minister with a knowledge of English good enough for direct communication with U.S. commanders. According to President Choi's earlier promise, the newly installed Cabinet...