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... armed power , it was felt , would restrain Soviet ex- pansion . The United States government , accordingly , proposed to keep relatively large armies of occupation in Germany and Japan , while naval and airbases were scattered at ...
... armed power , it was felt , would restrain Soviet ex- pansion . The United States government , accordingly , proposed to keep relatively large armies of occupation in Germany and Japan , while naval and airbases were scattered at ...
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... armed power in the conduct of American foreign relations would go far to stifle the workings of democracy at home . Centralization of authority , military control over the economy , and conscription of manpower were looked upon as ...
... armed power in the conduct of American foreign relations would go far to stifle the workings of democracy at home . Centralization of authority , military control over the economy , and conscription of manpower were looked upon as ...
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... armed forces exceeded three million men , with half that number stationed abroad in hundreds of bases . Congress , upset over inadequacies in the American military machine despite the fifty billion dollars already spent in the four ...
... armed forces exceeded three million men , with half that number stationed abroad in hundreds of bases . Congress , upset over inadequacies in the American military machine despite the fifty billion dollars already spent in the four ...
Contents
The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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