Zulu (1964 film) the eleven defenders who received the Victoria Cross for the defence of Rorke's Drift, the most awarded to a regiment in a single action up to that time. Cy Endfield was inspired to make the film after reading an article on the Battle of Rorke's Drift by John Prebble. He took it to actor Stanley Baker with whom he had made several films and who was interested in moving into production. Endfield and Prebble drafted a script, which Baker then showed to Joseph E. Levine while making "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1962) in Italy. Levine agreed to fund the movie, which
Kinetic military action Kerry spoke after attending a series of NATO meetings in Brussels, “There are various ways in which countries can contribute; they don’t necessarily have to be troops, engaged in kinetic action. There are medical facilities, there are other assets that can be deployed, there is intelligence gathering.” Kinetic military action Kinetic military action is a euphemism for military action involving active warfare, usually including lethal force. "Kinetic" was used as a retronymic euphemism for military action in "Bush at War," a 2002 book by Bob Woodward. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used the words "kinetic" and "non-kinetic" often. The phrase is