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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... face the new realities . As a result , it was clear not only to Churchill that by 1938 England had let slip by her best chance either to deter or to prepare for war . Thenceforth it would be Hitler who would call the tune , and for a ...
... faces today is by no means so dire as the one she faced in 1940 , or the one England faced in 1938. Few today would agree that America's current sit- uation is in any way dire . On the contrary , it is almost an article of faith in the ...
... face of many , no doubt wearisome , historical conversations and arguments , their in- sightful contributions to those discussions , and their support and encourage- ment throughout , have made the completion of this book not merely ...
... 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 that could challenge the United States globally and threaten America's very survival . The ...
... face a serious threat in a very short time . A corol- lary to that refusal is the assumption that warning signs will be seen well before the threat materializes , and that effective action will be taken in good time . At its heart is ...
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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