stalemate

(noun)

The state in which combatants cannot adavnce, resulting in a draw.

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Examples of stalemate in the following topics:

  • The Armistice

    • The need for an armistice agreement in Korea was informed by this territorial stalemate established by July 1951, as well as the heavy destruction inflicted during the war and the increasing U.S. desire to extract itself from the conflict.
    • Owing to this theoretical stalemate, and genuine hostility between the North and the South, large numbers of troops are still stationed along both sides of the line, each side guarding against potential aggression from the other side.

  • The Truman Presidency

    • After initial successes in Korea, however, the UN forces were thrown back by Chinese intervention, and the conflict was stalemated throughout the final years of Truman's presidency.
    • The war remained a frustrating stalemate for two years, with over 30,000 Americans killed, until an armistice ended the fighting in 1953.

  • Stalemate in the Eastern Theater

  • War

    • When evenly adversaries decide that a conflict has resulted in a stalemate, they may cease hostilities to avoid further loss of life and property.

  • Late Classical Period

    • Another war of stalemates, it ended with the status quo restored, after the threat of Persian intervention on behalf of the Spartans.

  • Monitoring Competition

    • Some U.S. rivals, like Coke and Pepsi, McDonald's and Burger King, and Ford and General Motors, have been playing the game so long that a stalemate is often the result.

  • The British Strategy

    • As a result of this stalemate, the two countries signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814.

  • Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

    • McCarthy's so-called "witch hunt," combined with national tension and weariness after two years of bloody stalemate in the Korean War, the Communist Revolution in China, the 1949 Soviet acquisition of nuclear weapons, and the early-1950s economic recession, set the stage for a hotly contested presidential race.

  • Neutral Rights and Submarines

    • On January 1917, however, Field Marshal Hindenburg and General Ludendorff decided that unrestricted submarine blockade was the only way to break the stalemate on the Western Front.

  • In the West: The Native Americans

    • Congress, however, initially refused to annex Texas, stalemated by contentious arguments over slavery and regional power.