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... advocates of preparedness were handicapped by the hostility of Congress and President Wilson . In his annual message to Congress in December 1914 , the President made a strong answer to Theodore Roosevelt and those other critics of ...
... advocates of preparedness were handicapped by the hostility of Congress and President Wilson . In his annual message to Congress in December 1914 , the President made a strong answer to Theodore Roosevelt and those other critics of ...
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... ADVOCATES of preparedness talked in terms of the defense of the United States , but the real question implicit in the great pre- paredness debate of the spring and summer of 1916 was the pos- sibility of American entrance into the ...
... ADVOCATES of preparedness talked in terms of the defense of the United States , but the real question implicit in the great pre- paredness debate of the spring and summer of 1916 was the pos- sibility of American entrance into the ...
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... advocates realized , had little understanding of the actual impact of the treaty upon the United States navy . Capital ships alone were affected by the 5-5-3 ratio , and reduction by the American government was in ships of this category ...
... advocates realized , had little understanding of the actual impact of the treaty upon the United States navy . Capital ships alone were affected by the 5-5-3 ratio , and reduction by the American government was in ships of this category ...
Contents
The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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