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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... leaders in the 1930s too great for them to manage . For the history of the 1930s shows that democracies almost ... leadership on which peace depends and that it alone has the resources to bear , major war may be put off for longer than ...
... the 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.
... 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 foreign and defense ...
... leaders need only be alert and ready to respond to those warnings . In the meantime , the " strategic pause " provides the opportunity not only to modernize American forces but also to turn to domestic needs . The “ peace dividend ” and ...
... leaders will try to shape and react to them . Sim- ply to project the behavior of the past in a straight line into the future is a mis- take , for history does not repeat itself with precision . A far worse mistake , however , is to ...
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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