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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... 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 drawn willy - nilly into yet ...
... failure now are far higher than ever before . These statements must seem alarmist . Even now , with NATO still ... failing international structure . Those sharing this view point to the enormous difficulty of tracking individual ...
... failure . But these are unwelcome lessons that , if properly learned , impose unwelcome responsibili- ties . The record of liberal , democratic , commercial nations , no matter how great their strength , in keeping the peace over the ...
... both be- cause of the peaceful state of the world and because technological advances would make up for their smaller size . But their military and civilian planners produced little new technology and failed to make the organizational.
... failed to make the organizational changes needed to convert new technology into effective weapons of war . As late as 1939 , the British army was unprepared to fight modern war . In the meantime , Britain's military weakness and ...
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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