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... World War II , the world has come to recognize the probable use of nuclear weapons in any general war , with a somewhat lesser appreciation of the immediate and long - term effects upon civilization as a whole . It is safe to say that ...
... World War II , the world has come to recognize the probable use of nuclear weapons in any general war , with a somewhat lesser appreciation of the immediate and long - term effects upon civilization as a whole . It is safe to say that ...
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... world , in oppos- ing aggression , must operate on exterior lines in most parts of the world and can ill afford heavy loss of life or heavy commitment of modern equipment without a reduction in the capability to wage global war . It ...
... world , in oppos- ing aggression , must operate on exterior lines in most parts of the world and can ill afford heavy loss of life or heavy commitment of modern equipment without a reduction in the capability to wage global war . It ...
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... World War II situations During World War II in the Southwest Pacific , conditions prevailed which made attainment of Allied military objectives - and , in fact , contain- ment of aggressive Japanese forces - an extremely difficult ...
... World War II situations During World War II in the Southwest Pacific , conditions prevailed which made attainment of Allied military objectives - and , in fact , contain- ment of aggressive Japanese forces - an extremely difficult ...
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... world , perhaps in Southeast Asia , where we would be forced to operate from the equivalent of bare strips . One can readily visualize the tremendous effort simply to supply fuel , oil , bombs , and ammunition if we were to fight such a ...
... world , perhaps in Southeast Asia , where we would be forced to operate from the equivalent of bare strips . One can readily visualize the tremendous effort simply to supply fuel , oil , bombs , and ammunition if we were to fight such a ...
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... world area , for that matter . Vehicular movement often is limited to defiles in these rugged mountain chains and plateaus . A typical mountain defile may be 3000 feet above sea level and 500 feet wide , located between peaks that are ...
... world area , for that matter . Vehicular movement often is limited to defiles in these rugged mountain chains and plateaus . A typical mountain defile may be 3000 feet above sea level and 500 feet wide , located between peaks that are ...
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Page 60 - ... susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate...
Page 54 - The United States of America is hereby declared to possess and exercise complete and exclusive national sovereignty in the air space above the United States, including the air space above all inland waters and the air space above those portions of the adjacent marginal high seas, bays, and lakes, over which by international law or treaty or convention the United States exercises national jurisdiction.
Page 50 - An enlisted member of an armed force on active duty whose term of enlistment expires while he is suffering from disease or injury incident to service and not due to his misconduct, and who needs medical care or hospitalization, may be retained on active duty, with his consent, until he recovers to the extent that he is able to meet the physical requirements for reenlistment, or it is determined that recovery to that extent is impossible.
Page 148 - It is certain that Europe would have been Communized, like Czechoslovakia, and London under bombardment some time ago but for the deterrent of the atomic bomb in the hands of the United States.
Page 61 - Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, constitute the immediate military staff of the Secretary of Defense. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are the principal military advisers to the President, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.
Page 45 - Force, shall be transferred to and vested in the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 54 - The Congress hereby declares that the Government of the United States has, to the exclusion of all foreign nations, complete sovereignty of the airspace over the lands and waters of the United States, including the Canal Zone.
Page 55 - For the purposes of this Convention the territory of a State shall be deemed to be the land areas and territorial waters adjacent thereto under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate of such State.
Page 55 - DASA, is responsible to the Secretary of Defense through the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Page 63 - Commission, is quoted in a 1959 staff report of the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration...