America invulnerable : the quest for absolute security from 1812 to Star Wars / by James Chace and Caleb Carr.

By: Chace, James Contributor(s): Carr, Caleb, 1955-Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Summit Books, c1988. Description: 367 p. : maps ; 25 cmISBN: 0671617788Subject(s): National security -- United StatesDDC classification: 355.033073 LOC classification: UA23 | .C45 1988Online resources: WorldCat details

Contents:

TOC The burning of Washington : absolute vulnerability, 1811-1815 -- General Jackson and Mister Adams, 1816-1823 -- Manifest Destiny as national security, 1842-1849 -- Imperialism and insecurity, 1890-1912 -- Mr. Wilson intervenes, 1912-1921 -- A reckoning in the East, 1921-1941 -- Defining the perimeter, 1945-1968 -- Securing the hemisphere, 1865-1986 -- Star Wars : the search for absolute security, 1967-1986.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	355.033073 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		6205

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Online version:
Chace, James.
America invulnerable.
New York : Summit Books, c1988
(OCoLC)568338154

Bibliography: p. 323-346.
Includes index.

TOC The burning of Washington : absolute vulnerability, 1811-1815 --
General Jackson and Mister Adams, 1816-1823 --
Manifest Destiny as national security, 1842-1849 --
Imperialism and insecurity, 1890-1912 --
Mr. Wilson intervenes, 1912-1921 --
A reckoning in the East, 1921-1941 --
Defining the perimeter, 1945-1968 --
Securing the hemisphere, 1865-1986 --
Star Wars : the search for absolute security, 1967-1986.

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