Esprit de Corps

1. 16-9 Afghanistan on yet another spin cycle
(Current Issue/Commentary)

... their families, and some eighteen billion dollars in public funds, what do we have? We have what even buoyant Brig.-Gen Vance describes as a stalemate and others above him describe as a deteriorating situation. ...

2. Operation Bagration
(This month in history/This month in history)

... the battlefield prevented a Confederate victory. On July 3, Lee made one more attempt to break the stalemate with a frontal attack on the Union centre. Known as "Pickett's Charge," ...

3. A frozen conflict still simmers in Azerbaijan
(International Conflict/Caucasus)

... hastily established. By 1994 the Azeris had fielded six infantry brigades and were able to halt the Armenian offensive. Once the fighting became a stalemate, the UN brokered a "temporary" ceasefire and ...