One of the minivan's first attractions was the high seating position that Chrysler presented as a "command-of-the-road" view.
What auto makers are wrestling with isn't just about delivering better fuel efficiency and less pollution, but about making SUVs more useful, lighter, more nimble, yet with a high driver height, for a so-called "command view" of the road.
MICHAEL AARON ROCKLAND, FOUNDER OF THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY AMERICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT "Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity" by Neal Gabler (Vintage, $17) and "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" by Seymour M. Hersh Harper Perenniall, $14.95).
CHAIN OF COMMAND The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.
CHAIN OF COMMAND: The Road From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, by Seymour M. Hersh.
In a new book, "Chain of Command: the Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" (HarperCollins), Seymour Hersh argues that the White House was repeatedly warned, in 2002 and 2003, that prisoners in military custody were being abused, but did nothing to stop it.
Those articles later collected in Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib (2004)—culminated in Hersh's earthshaking exposé of inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, which he traced beyond the U.S. soldiers involved to policy formulated at the highest levels of the administration of Pres.
In any case, competence had little to do with Cao's double-time promotions and his holding command of the 7th Division astride the main road thirty-five milesouthth of Saigon.
The rear seat sits higher than those in front, so rear passengers have a view of the road as commanding as the driver's.
