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... defense had been complicated by the difficulties between the Quakers and the proprietors , but in almost every colony outside New England there was strong opposition to the British plans for fighting the French . The New England ...
... defense had been complicated by the difficulties between the Quakers and the proprietors , but in almost every colony outside New England there was strong opposition to the British plans for fighting the French . The New England ...
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... defense requirements of the country , the Roo- sevelt preparedness program was well calculated to appeal to American nationalistic sentiments . Although rearmament in the mid - 1930s was not linked as yet to an avowedly interventionist ...
... defense requirements of the country , the Roo- sevelt preparedness program was well calculated to appeal to American nationalistic sentiments . Although rearmament in the mid - 1930s was not linked as yet to an avowedly interventionist ...
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... Defense ?, ' Fortune cited Lloyds of London's odds of 500 to 1 against any invasion of the United States . Seeing the United States army chiefly as a nucleus for a future aggressive war to protect America's economic position , the ...
... Defense ?, ' Fortune cited Lloyds of London's odds of 500 to 1 against any invasion of the United States . Seeing the United States army chiefly as a nucleus for a future aggressive war to protect America's economic position , the ...
Contents
The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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