And American prestige would suffer the effects of an abject policy collapse.
Putin's international prestige suffered a major blow in the West during the disputed 2004 Ukrainian presidential election.
Professor Sachs's prestige in academic circles suffered with time, too.
After all, his prestige has already suffered badly.
Finally, U.S. experience suggests that Russia's prestige won't suffer.
The prestige of the government suffered a further blow, however, when it was revealed on April 9 that a second rebel had escaped from custody.
Motkin realized that his own prestige had already suffered to some extent.
What did was that America's prestige would suffer an unprecedented collapse based on the loss of Vietnam.
Units deployed to such duty often became demoralised through being quartered in public houses where drink was freely available, while the prestige of the army suffered.
Despite his victories over the rebels in the south, and the harsh retribution he had imposed upon them, his prestige as a man was suffering.