Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government)
 

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government)

by John Lewis Gaddis

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... (read more)

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Until he gets to the 21st century, Gaddis's discussion of American security strategies is deeply interesting; his treatment of the 21st century, however, brings (at least for me) into question all the foregoing, because his reading of contemporary history is so deeply flawed and misleading. I am not familiar with his sources for the 19th and early 20th centuries, but his misrepresentation of the sources upon which he relied for his analysis of the late 20th, early 21st century is disturbing...

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