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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... XV DOTJBLB-BAEEELED PREPABEDNESS THE creation and maintenance of large armaments cannot be discussed apart from a nation's foreign policy. There is in the United States at present a deep rift in opinion over preparedness. Both sides to the controversy are obviously sincere. On the one hand anxious patriots harangue us on the need of a larger navy and army, on our criminal neglect of defenses, and on the dangers of an ignorant complacency. On the other hand earnest citizens warn us that preparedness leads to militarism, that to prepare for war is to bring on war, and that we shall be ruled by army officers and munition makers. The advocates of greater preparedness appear to be winning converts more rapidly just now, but the opposition is likely to regain the upper hand once the alarms raised by the European War have died down. The disputants do not stand so far away from each other as they appear to think. They both have an excellent case to urge. They are arguing in favor of different things, but things not incompatible. For one side wants an armed force adequate to protect American interests; and the other side wants a clear and unmistakable definition of what those interests are. The champions of preparedness have posed us two questions: First, are our military and naval forces sufficient in the event of a war with a first-class Power? Second, is there any danger of war with a first-class Power? The answer to the first question must be an emphatic No. It is obvious to intelligent men that a regular army of 70,000, an ill-disciplined militia of 125,000, and a moderate sized navy slightly antiquated, is an insufficient first line of defense for a country of 100,000,000. We have about outgrown the myth of the minute man. We can place no...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781458931948
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 108
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458931943
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 209 gr

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