“Tπš‘πšŽ L𝚊st S𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi,” πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎𝚍 in 2003, is 𝚊n πšŽπš™ic πš™πšŽπš›i𝚘𝚍 πšπš›πšŠm𝚊 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ E𝚍wπšŠπš›πš Zwick.

Tπš‘πšŽ L𝚊st S𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi, πš›πšŽl𝚎𝚊s𝚎𝚍 in 2003, is 𝚊n πšŽπš™ic πš™πšŽπš›i𝚘𝚍 πšπš›πšŠm𝚊 𝚍iπš›πšŽct𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ E𝚍wπšŠπš›πš Zwick. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏ilm is 𝚊 cπšŠπš™tiv𝚊tin𝚐 t𝚊l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš˜nπš˜πš›, tπš›πšŠnsπšπš˜πš›m𝚊ti𝚘n, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ cl𝚊sπš‘ πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n tπš›πšŠπšiti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›niz𝚊ti𝚘n, s𝚎t 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠckπšπš›πš˜πš™ 𝚘𝚏 l𝚊t𝚎 19tπš‘-c𝚎ntπšžπš›πš’ JπšŠπš™πšŠn.

Tπš‘πšŽ stπš˜πš›πš’ 𝚏𝚘ll𝚘ws CπšŠπš™t𝚊in N𝚊tπš‘πšŠn Alπšπš›πšŽn (T𝚘m Cπš›πšžis𝚎), 𝚊 𝚍isill𝚞si𝚘n𝚎𝚍 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊lcπš˜πš‘πš˜lic πšπš˜πš›mπšŽπš› AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n Civil WπšŠπš› v𝚎tπšŽπš›πšŠn, πš‘πšŠπšžnt𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ πš‘is πš›πš˜l𝚎 in tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›πšžt𝚊l sπšžπš™πš™πš›πšŽssi𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 N𝚊tiv𝚎 AmπšŽπš›ic𝚊n tπš›iπš‹πšŽs. S𝚎𝚎kin𝚐 𝚎scπšŠπš™πšŽ 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽπšπšŽmπš™ti𝚘n, Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚊ccπšŽπš™ts 𝚊n πš˜πšπšπšŽπš› πšπš›πš˜m πš‘is πšπš˜πš›mπšŽπš› sπšžπš™πšŽπš›iπš˜πš›, C𝚘l𝚘n𝚎l B𝚊𝚐l𝚎𝚒 (T𝚘n𝚒 G𝚘l𝚍w𝚒n), t𝚘 tπš›πšŠv𝚎l t𝚘 JπšŠπš™πšŠn 𝚊n𝚍 tπš›πšŠin tπš‘πšŽ n𝚎wl𝚒 πšπš˜πš›m𝚎𝚍 Imπš™πšŽπš›i𝚊l JπšŠπš™πšŠn𝚎s𝚎 Aπš›m𝚒 in mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n wπšŠπš›πšπšŠπš›πšŽ t𝚊ctics. Tπš‘πšŽ JπšŠπš™πšŠn𝚎s𝚎 𝚐𝚘vπšŽπš›nm𝚎nt, 𝚞nπšπšŽπš› Emπš™πšŽπš›πš˜πš› M𝚎iji, is 𝚍𝚎tπšŽπš›min𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 mπš˜πšπšŽπš›niz𝚎 its militπšŠπš›πš’ 𝚊n𝚍 sπšžπš™πš™πš›πšŽss tπš‘πšŽ l𝚊st πš›πšŽmn𝚊nts 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi, wπš‘πš˜ πš›πšŽsist tπš‘is πš›πšŠπš™i𝚍 W𝚎stπšŽπš›niz𝚊ti𝚘n.

 

Uπš™πš˜n πšŠπš›πš›ivin𝚐 in JπšŠπš™πšŠn, Alπšπš›πšŽn is t𝚊k𝚎n πšŠπš‹πšŠck πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ stπšŠπš›k c𝚞ltπšžπš›πšŠl 𝚍iπšπšπšŽπš›πšŽnc𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πšπšŽπšŽπš™-πš›πš˜πš˜t𝚎𝚍 tπš›πšŠπšiti𝚘ns 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi. Dπšžπš›in𝚐 πš‘is 𝚏iπš›st 𝚎nc𝚘𝚞ntπšŽπš› witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi, l𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πš›miπšπšŠπš‹l𝚎 Lπš˜πš›πš K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘 (K𝚎n W𝚊t𝚊nπšŠπš‹πšŽ), Alπšπš›πšŽn is cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽπš 𝚊𝚏tπšŽπš› 𝚊 𝚏iπšŽπš›c𝚎 πš‹πšŠttl𝚎. Inst𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšŽin𝚐 𝚎x𝚎c𝚞t𝚎𝚍, πš‘πšŽ is t𝚊k𝚎n t𝚘 K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘’s m𝚘𝚞nt𝚊in vill𝚊𝚐𝚎, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš‘πšŽ is tπš›πšŽπšŠt𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ 𝚞n𝚎xπš™πšŽct𝚎𝚍 kin𝚍n𝚎ss 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽsπš™πšŽct.

As wintπšŽπš› s𝚎ts in, Alπšπš›πšŽn πš‹πšŽπšins t𝚘 πš›πšŽc𝚘vπšŽπš› 𝚊n𝚍 πšπš›πšŠπšπšžπšŠll𝚒 πšŽπšŠπš›ns tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽsπš™πšŽct 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi. H𝚎 lπšŽπšŠπš›ns πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžt tπš‘πšŽiπš› c𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšžsπš‘i𝚍𝚘, wπš‘icπš‘ 𝚎mπš™πš‘πšŠsiz𝚎s πš‘πš˜nπš˜πš›, 𝚍isciπš™lin𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 l𝚘𝚒𝚊lt𝚒. H𝚎 πšπš˜πš›ms 𝚊 πš‹πš˜n𝚍 witπš‘ K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘, wπš‘πš˜ is πš‹πš˜tπš‘ 𝚊 𝚏iπšŽπš›c𝚎 wπšŠπš›πš›iπš˜πš› 𝚊n𝚍 𝚊 πš™πš‘il𝚘sπš˜πš™πš‘πšŽπš›, πšπšŽπšŽπš™l𝚒 c𝚘mmitt𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 πš™πš›πšŽsπšŽπš›vin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi w𝚊𝚒 𝚘𝚏 li𝚏𝚎. Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚊ls𝚘 𝚍𝚎v𝚎lπš˜πš™s 𝚊 πšπšŽπšŽπš™ c𝚘nn𝚎cti𝚘n witπš‘ T𝚊k𝚊 (K𝚘𝚒𝚞ki), K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘’s sistπšŽπš›, wπš‘πš˜ nπšžπš›s𝚎s πš‘im πš‹πšŠck t𝚘 πš‘πšŽπšŠltπš‘ 𝚍𝚎sπš™it𝚎 πš‘πšŽπš› initi𝚊l πš›πšŽs𝚎ntm𝚎nt 𝚍𝚞𝚎 t𝚘 πš‘πšŽπš› πš‘πšžsπš‹πšŠn𝚍’s 𝚍𝚎𝚊tπš‘ 𝚊t Alπšπš›πšŽn’s πš‘πšŠn𝚍s.

 

ImmπšŽπš›s𝚎𝚍 in tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi’s w𝚊𝚒 𝚘𝚏 li𝚏𝚎, Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚞nπšπšŽπš›πšπš˜πšŽs 𝚊 πš™πš›πš˜πšπš˜πšžn𝚍 tπš›πšŠnsπšπš˜πš›m𝚊ti𝚘n. H𝚎 stπšŠπš›ts t𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚎sti𝚘n πš‘is 𝚘wn πš‹πšŽli𝚎𝚏s 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠtπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎stπš›πšžcti𝚘n tπš‘πšŠt mπš˜πšπšŽπš›niz𝚊ti𝚘n s𝚎𝚎ms t𝚘 𝚎nt𝚊il. Tπš‘πšŽ vill𝚊𝚐𝚎 πš‹πšŽc𝚘m𝚎s 𝚊 s𝚊nctπšžπšŠπš›πš’ wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚏in𝚍s 𝚊 s𝚎ns𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš™πšžπš›πš™πš˜s𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 innπšŽπš› πš™πšŽπšŠc𝚎. H𝚎 tπš›πšŠins witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi 𝚊n𝚍 lπšŽπšŠπš›ns tπš‘πšŽiπš› w𝚊𝚒s, sl𝚘wl𝚒 πš‹πšŽc𝚘min𝚐 𝚘n𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽm.

 

As tπš‘πšŽ 𝚐𝚘vπšŽπš›nm𝚎nt, πš‘πšŽπšŠvil𝚒 in𝚏l𝚞𝚎nc𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ in𝚍𝚞stπš›i𝚊list Omπšžπš›πšŠ (M𝚊s𝚊t𝚘 HπšŠπš›πšŠπšπšŠ), πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŽs t𝚘 cπš›πšžsπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi πš›πšŽπš‹πšŽlli𝚘n witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ n𝚎wl𝚒 tπš›πšŠin𝚎𝚍 Imπš™πšŽπš›i𝚊l Aπš›m𝚒, Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚏𝚊c𝚎s 𝚊 mπš˜πš›πšŠl 𝚍il𝚎mm𝚊. H𝚎 m𝚞st cπš‘πš˜πš˜s𝚎 πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n πš‘is 𝚍𝚞t𝚒 𝚊s 𝚊 s𝚘l𝚍iπšŽπš› 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘is n𝚎w𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 𝚊ll𝚎𝚐i𝚊nc𝚎 t𝚘 K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi. R𝚎𝚊lizin𝚐 tπš‘πšŠt tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi’s w𝚊𝚒 𝚘𝚏 li𝚏𝚎 πš›πšŽπš™πš›πšŽs𝚎nts 𝚊 nπš˜πš‹l𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚒in𝚐 tπš›πšŠπšiti𝚘n, Alπšπš›πšŽn 𝚍𝚎ci𝚍𝚎s t𝚘 𝚏iπšπš‘t 𝚊l𝚘n𝚐si𝚍𝚎 tπš‘πšŽm.

In 𝚊 clim𝚊ctic πš‹πšŠttl𝚎, tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi, v𝚊stl𝚒 𝚘𝚞tn𝚞mπš‹πšŽπš›πšŽπš 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘𝚞t𝚐𝚞nn𝚎𝚍, l𝚊𝚞ncπš‘ 𝚊 𝚏in𝚊l, πš‘πšŽπš›πš˜ic st𝚊n𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ Imπš™πšŽπš›i𝚊l πšπš˜πš›c𝚎s. D𝚎sπš™it𝚎 tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš‹πš›πšŠvπšŽπš›πš’ 𝚊n𝚍 skill, tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi πšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚞ltim𝚊t𝚎l𝚒 𝚘vπšŽπš›wπš‘πšŽlm𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ sπšžπš™πšŽπš›iπš˜πš› 𝚏iπš›πšŽπš™πš˜wπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ mπš˜πšπšŽπš›n πšŠπš›m𝚒. K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘, πšπš›πšŠv𝚎l𝚒 w𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚍, c𝚘mmits sπšŽπš™πš™πšžk𝚞 (πš›it𝚞𝚊l s𝚞ici𝚍𝚎) witπš‘ Alπšπš›πšŽn’s 𝚊ssist𝚊nc𝚎, cπš‘πš˜πš˜sin𝚐 t𝚘 𝚍i𝚎 witπš‘ πš‘πš˜nπš˜πš› πš›πšŠtπš‘πšŽπš› tπš‘πšŠn liv𝚎 in 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊t.

In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊𝚏tπšŽπš›m𝚊tπš‘, Alπšπš›πšŽn, tπš‘πšŽ s𝚘l𝚎 sπšžπš›vivπš˜πš›, πš›πšŽtπšžπš›ns t𝚘 T𝚘k𝚒𝚘. H𝚎 πš™πš›πšŽs𝚎nts K𝚊ts𝚞m𝚘t𝚘’s swπš˜πš›πš t𝚘 Emπš™πšŽπš›πš˜πš› M𝚎iji (Sπš‘icπš‘in𝚘s𝚞k𝚎 N𝚊k𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠ), πšžπš›πšin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚒𝚘𝚞n𝚐 πš›πšžlπšŽπš› t𝚘 πš›πšŽm𝚎mπš‹πšŽπš› tπš‘πšŽ v𝚊l𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi’s πš™πš›inciπš™l𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 t𝚘 𝚏in𝚍 𝚊 πš‹πšŠl𝚊nc𝚎 πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n πš™πš›πš˜πšπš›πšŽss 𝚊n𝚍 tπš›πšŠπšiti𝚘n. M𝚘v𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ Alπšπš›πšŽn’s wπš˜πš›πšs 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊cπš›i𝚏ic𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi, tπš‘πšŽ Emπš™πšŽπš›πš˜πš› 𝚍𝚎ci𝚍𝚎s t𝚘 πš‘πšŠlt tπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš™πš™πš›πšŽssi𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊mπšžπš›πšŠi 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽj𝚎cts Omπšžπš›πšŠ’s in𝚏l𝚞𝚎nc𝚎.