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Author Weil, Gordon Lee.

Title America answers a sneak attack : Alcan and Al Qaeda / Gordon L. Weil.

Publication Info. Los Angeles : Americas Group, [2005]
©2005

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 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  940.53 W    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 241 pages : map ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-230) and index.
Contents Chapter 1. The Birth of Homeland Defense -- Chapter 2. The Reluctant Ally -- Chapter 3. From Isolationism to Multilateralism -- Chapter 4. The Army of Tomorrow -- Chapter 5. Race and the Road -- Chapter 6.The Road: Alcan -- Chapter 7. The Secret Success Story -- Chapter 8.The Greatest Waste: Canol -- Chapter 9. Why Go the Extra Mile? -- Chapter 10. The Canol Mess and the Rise of Harry Truman -- Chapter 11. The U.S. Army of Occupation -- Chapter 12. Alaska Awakes -- Chapter 13. Sons of the Middle Border -- Chapter 14.Unlearned Lessons -- Chapter 15.Superpowerism.
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009.
Surprise (Military science) -- United States -- History.
National security -- United States -- History.
Alaska Highway -- History -- 20th century.
African American soldiers -- Alaska -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Influence.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
Other Form: Online version: Weil, Gordon Lee. America answers a sneak attack. 1st ed. Los Angeles : Americas Group, c2005 (OCoLC)607036299
Online version: Weil, Gordon Lee. America answers a sneak attack. 1st ed. Los Angeles : Americas Group, c2005 (OCoLC)607732596
ISBN 0935047522
9780935047523
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