While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace TodayMacmillan, 2000 - 483 pages In While England Slept Winston Churchill revealed in 1938 how the inadequacy of Britain's military forces to cope with worldwide responsibilities in a peaceful but tense era crippled its ability to deter or even adequately prepare for World War II. |
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... danger it faced why England had failed to protect the peace of the world , or to ensure its own security . It was too late one year later as Japanese bombs shat- tered the American battle fleet at Pearl Harbor , the United States was ...
... dangers of war , fully aware that the situation America faces today is by no means so dire as the one she faced in 1940 ... danger is upon them . The warnings Churchill and Kennedy issued in 1938 and 1940 came far too late , even if they ...
... completion of this book not merely possible , but enjoyable . Any flaws , errors , or omissions in this work are , of course , the responsibil- ity of the authors . Introduction A merica is in danger . Unless its leaders PREFACE ix.
... danger . Unless its leaders change their national security policy , the peace and safety its power and influence have ensured since the end of the Cold War will disappear . Already , increasing military weakness and confusion about ...
... danger is comfortably far into the future . Most policy makers as- sert or assume that America faces no significant threat today , and that it is not likely to take the form of a “ peer competitor , " an enemy like the old Soviet Union ...
Contents
The Brave New World | 13 |
Britains Defense Dilemma | 44 |
The First Challenge to Peace | 67 |
The Paper Lion Roars | 78 |
Retreat from Responsibility | 98 |
The Search for Security | 118 |
The Unraveling of Versailles | 140 |
The Locarno Treaty | 160 |
The New World Order | 237 |
The Peace Dividend | 267 |
Increased Commitments Reduced Forces | 300 |
Kicking the Can Down the Road | 321 |
Proliferation and Blackmail | 341 |
Another Versailles | 367 |
A Legacy of Half Measures | 400 |
Conclusion | 424 |
The Spirit of Locarno | 176 |
The Bill Comes Due | 194 |
The Price of SelfDeception | 217 |
The United States After the Cold War | 235 |
Notes | 437 |
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