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Sat 5 Sep, 2020 08:30 pm
Does "commitment" here mean "promise"? If so, "produced a limited promise" seems to mean "was limitedly promising"? It sounds a bit odd to me.
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Limited Mobilization
Just as the war in Korea produced only a limited American millitary commitment abroad, as it created only a limited economic mobilization at home.
Truman set up the Office of Defense Mobilization to fight inflation by holding down prices and discouraging high union wage demands.
Source: A concise history of American people
page 770
@oristarA,
In military context, the word "commitment" may mean differently.
What does "produce" mean there?
@oristarA,
In breaking up the writing you are losing it's meaning.
".... produced only a limited American military commitment.."
Is a statement held in an article which is not now surrounding it and it therefore loses context.
Essentially it means that the USA did not make a significant show of arms in Korea because it was not economically in it's own interest. Nothing to do with promises.
@oristarA,
Quote:In military context, the word "commitment" may mean differently.
In
a military context, the word "commitment" may mean
something different[ly].
Quote:What does "produce" mean there?
It means "caused to happen". But it is just another of the usual usa lies.
@oristarA,
Quote:Does "commitment" here mean "promise"?
It doesn't mean promise in the strict sense.
Quote:If so, "produced a limited promise" seems to mean "was limitedly promising"? It sounds a bit odd to me.
It sounds as though you may be getting confused from an inaccurate translation on your part, from your own language.
@Teufel,
Quote:Essentially it means that the USA did not make a significant show of arms in Korea
Part and parcel of the usual usa lies.
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