Word: maneuverability
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Some Were Hearsay. The fact was that the Hanley report was neither the carefully documented truth nor a deliberate propaganda maneuver. It was an Army blunder of appalling proportions. Under urgent prodding from Washington, Far Eastern Commander Matt Ridgway hastily dispatched two officers to Pusan to check Hanley's...
As Brown Coach Alva Kelley said afterward, "We tried every kind of defensive maneuver; none of them did any good."
Jonathon Belcher ranked second in his class at Harvard but fell into evil ways after graduation. He tried his hand at business but was publicly caned for exporting scarce grain; so he turned to politics. The most notable play of his early political career came in 1716. In this year...
This was a "fixed" maneuver, with lines of advance marked out for the aggressor, and the green-shirted Constabulary thought it was all too easy. "Not even any running around at night, except small patrols," complained a belligerent rifleman. "And the guys against us aren't too smart. Why...
Power Deals. Canada's announcement of her solo plans stirred up the dormant seaway debate on Capitol Hill. Backers of the joint plan called for Congress to act fast before the Canadians go ahead with a route on which U.S. ships will have to pay tolls. The anti-seaway...