While America sleeps : self-delusion, military weakness, and the threat to peace today / Donald Kaga...
While America sleeps : self-delusion, military weakness, and the threat to peace today / Donald Kaga...
While America sleeps : self-delusion, military weakness, and the threat to peace today / Donald Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan.
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Date
2000.
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N355.03357/ 2
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 483 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Britain Between the Wars -- 1. The Brave New World -- 2. Britain's Defense Dilemma -- 3. The First Challenge to Peace -- 4. The Paper Lion Roars -- 5. Retreat from Responsibility -- 6. The Search for Security -- 7. The Unraveling of Versailles -- 8. The Locarno Treaty -- 9. The Spirit of Loca...
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Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2000.
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Summary
"In While America Sleeps, historians Donald and Frederick W. Kagan retrace Britain's international and defense policies during the years after World War I leading up to World War II, showing in persuasive detail how self-delusion and an unwillingness to face the inescapable responsibilities on which their security and the peace of the world depende...
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While America sleeps : self-delusion, military weakness, and the threat to peace today / Donald Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-468) and index.
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N355.03357/ 2
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74Vvoj0zjJJX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvoj0zjJJX
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ISBN
0312206240
9780312206246
DDC
355.033573
MMS ID
991013358389702626
