Word: forwardly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...above the calm brooded a vague sense that something had changed, and that change had nothing to do with the balance of power, the U.S.'s prestige in the world, or the U.S. presidency. It had to do with Dwight Eisenhower, who, admittedly looking forward to retirement, conscious of the fact that his successor would be nominated within the month, had lost some of his once vast, global personal authority. Cartoonists portrayed him more and more as a perplexed fellow...
...menacing Soviet offensive after World War II spurred the U.S. and its allies to one of the great military-diplomatic achievements of history. Within months the allied nations began to rim the Communist land masses with a network of forward airbases that put to best advantage the single deterrent that the West then had-the atomic bomber. The process was stepped up during the Korean war, until now U.S. planes and ships operate out of 80 U.S. bases in 25 lands and territories. Under terms of bilateral treaties and NATO and SEATO alliances, the U.S. also has the stand...
...Japanese rioting over the U.S. Security Treaty (which guarantees U.S. bases for a minimum of ten years), India's Prime Minister Nehru last week denounced foreign bases as an "irritating symbol of foreign power and a reminder of war." Columnist Walter Lippmann, citing Japan, held that the forward-base system had become "increasingly unworkable" since the Soviets developed a nuclear striking force. "There is a profound weakness in a strategical policy which rests on bases that are indefensible," he wrote. "Bases are no good in a country which is terrified and in rebellion because of the danger they create...
...Pentagon itself, generals and admirals were reappraising the forward-base structure to see how it met the rapidly changing combination of military need and politics. The bases are indeed outgrowing the original military needs that spawned them. Many were built to bring the U.S.'s short-legged B-47 jet medium bombers within striking distances of Soviet targets and to provide for quick interception of Soviet bomber attacks. Prudently recognizing the danger of a military strategy that depends on bases in foreign hands, Pentagon planners rushed the development of military hardware that had the range to strike from home...
...only the native goats were at home, and since the Montenegrin army had no stretcher bearers, the casualties often simply crawled off to die. The troops were spectacularly brave, attacking with gusto at point-blank range and accepting decimation with stoicism bordering on indifference. Before one attack, volunteers rushed forward to blow the Turkish wire with bombs. Gary saw them advance, old men who had volunteered because they felt that it did not matter if they were killed. Half of them were, but the survivors threw their caps up in the air to signal that the wire was broken...