Title

Surprise, security, and the American experience.

Description

Historian John Lewis Gaddis' study of the concept of homeland security.

Identifier

1183167

674011740

Creator

Gaddis, John Lewis

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Language

eng

Date

2004

Program air date: May 16, 2004

Publisher

Harvard University Press

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Extensive notes on front and back end papers and half-title page concerning the political and military responses to foreign attacks on U.S. soil, illustrating and contrasting the different approaches and ideologies of the presidents at the time, including the 1814 attack on Washington D.C. by the British, the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Brian Lamb's notes also cover the expansion of U.S. borders and preemptive actions taken in order to protect national interests and increase national security from the 18th through the 21st centuries. Annotations by Brian Lamb in the margins and underlining of pertinent phrases throughout the book. Examples include: "startling and striking results," "speed of engagement," and "US 'the best.'"

Subject

"Surprise (Military science)--United States--History."

"National security--United States."

"Strategy."

"Unilateral acts (International law)"

"Preemptive attack (Military science)"

Relation

Original Booknotes interview

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