Surprise, Security, And The American Experience
ISBN: 9780674018365 | 0674018362
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 10/31/2005
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September 11, 2001, distinguished Cold War historian John Lewis Gaddis argues, was not the first time a surprise attack shattered American assumptions about national security and reshaped American grand strategy. We've been there before, and have responded each time by dramatically expanding our security responsibilities. The pattern began in 1814, when the British attacked Washington, burning the White House and the Capitol. This early violation of homeland security gave rise to a strategy of unilateralism and preemption, best articulated by J... MORE
| A Morning at Yale | p. 1 |
| The Nineteenth Century | p. 7 |
| The Twentieth Century | p. 35 |
| The Twenty-First Century | p. 69 |
| An Evening at Yale | p. 115 |
| Notes | p. 121 |
| Index | p. 143 |
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John Lewis Gaddis is Robert A. Lovett Professor of History and Political Science at Yale University
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