Word: wheeler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Cover: Dimensional collage by Dennis Wheeler. A yeoman three in the Naval Reserve, Graphics Designer Wheeler chose ribbons* for his symbolic serviceman in khaki that range over four wars-World War I, World War II, Korea and Viet Nam. He is well aware that no one man could have won them all. "Grouped together," he says, "they stand for valor." Carefully examined, they also say something else. Since his cover figure represents a military Establishment under attack, Navy Man Wheeler decided to slip in a nautical signal for trouble. On shipboard, that would be the ensign flying upside down...
...Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 1964, General Earle G. Wheeler, 61, is America's top man in uniform. Groomed for the post by General Maxwell Taylor, Wheeler was assigned to give weekly briefings to John Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign. The one-time West Point mathematics instructor's presentations impressed Kennedy, and he was appointed Army Chief of Staff in 1962. When Taylor stepped down from the chairmanship two years yater, Wheeler took over. By law, he should have held the job for only two two-year terms, but Congress gave him an unprecedented...
Lately, as the debate on the role of the military gathered force, "Bus" Wheeler kept his own counsel. Last week, in a rare interview, he broke that silence. "You know, there have been only two wars in American history that one might call popular: World Wars I and II," Wheeler told TIME...
With Korea and Viet Nam, Wheeler thinks that "the American people are understandably wondering why we have to be involved in other nations' security affairs." The result, Wheeler believes, is that "Americans feel like saying 'Let everyone take care of themselves. We have done it long enough for them.' " Another cause of disquiet, he concedes, is the fact that "Viet Nam has gone on so long" with no clear-cut outcome. "This frustration is why people are hitting out at the nearest hitching post, much as the students strike at the universities when that is really...
...Eisen hower seemed convinced that to fight a land war in Asia would be ruinous?though he later supported Johnson's policies. In retrospect, much of what was taken for clumsy bumbling was neither clumsy nor bumbling. "He knew when not to do something," says Political Scientist Harvey Wheeler, a fellow of California's Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions...