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Foreword |
vii |
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The Authors |
viii |
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Preface |
ix |
| Chapter |
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Page |
| I. |
The Problem of Hemisphere Defense |
3 |
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Hemisphere Security and the Axis Threat |
5 |
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The RAINBOW Plans |
7 |
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The Problem of Bases |
10 |
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The Army's State of Readiness in 1939 |
14 |
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Preparedness Measures, April-September 1939 |
19 |
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The Strategic Outlook, Autumn and Winter, 1939-40 |
25 |
| II. |
The Crisis of 1940 |
30 |
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The Defeat of France and Repercussions in America |
31 |
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Decisions on National Policy |
36 |
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Mobilization |
41 |
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The Fate of European Possessions |
44 |
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The Destroyer-Base Agreement |
51 |
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American Military Preparations and the War Outlook, July-October 1940 |
62 |
| III. |
The Axis Threat |
68 |
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The German Position, Summer 1940 |
68 |
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The Tripartite Pact and Japan |
74 |
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The Gibraltar-Africa Project |
76 |
| IV. |
The American Response: Military Policies and Plans, 1940-41 |
82 |
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Emergency Expeditionary Force Plans |
83 |
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New Definitions of National Policy |
88 |
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The New Outlook Toward the War |
96 |
| V. |
The Atlantic Crisis of 1941 |
101 |
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Naval Plans and Preparations |
103 |
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The Crisis of May 1941 |
110 |
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The Azores and Brazil |
116 |
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The Crisis Resolved |
121 |
| VI. |
From Nonbelligerency to War |
130 |
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Operations in the North Atlantic |
132 |
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The German Threat in the Southern Atlantic |
135 |
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Military Policy and Army Readiness, Autumn 1941 |
143 |
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The Approach to War |
149 |
| VII. |
The Shift Toward the Offensive |
156 |
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The Reaction to Pearl Harbor |
156 |
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Planning for the Offensive |
161 |
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The ARCADIA Decisions |
169 |
| VIII. |
General Military Relations with Latin America |
172 |
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The Staff Conversations and Agreements of 1940 |
175 |
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Other Measures To Improve Military Relations |
183 |
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Planning for the Support of Friendly Governments |
186 |
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The Organization of Military Relationships, 1941-42 |
191 |
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Military Assistance to Latin America in 1942 |
200 |
| IX. |
The Supply of Arms to Latin America |
207 |
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Law, Policy, and Procedure |
208 |
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The Latin American Arms Program of 1941 |
217 |
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Airplanes for Latin America |
225 |
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Special Problems During 1941 |
228 |
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Arms Supply After Pearl Harbor |
232 |
| X. |
Air Defense Preparations in Latin America |
238 |
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The Control of Civil Aviation |
239 |
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The Airport Development Program |
249 |
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Preparing for Air Operations |
259 |
| XI. |
Military Relations With Brazil Before Pearl Harbor |
265 |
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The Problem of Arms Supply |
268 |
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War Plans and Staff Agreements, 1940 |
272 |
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The Mission of General Amaro Bittencourt |
278 |
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The Security Force Plan, June 1941 |
284 |
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Joint Staff and General Headquarters Planning |
289 |
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Munitions for Brazil in 1941 |
293 |
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The Army's Quest for Action |
296 |
| XII. |
The Establishment of United States Army Forces in Brazil |
303 |
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Emergency Airfield and Airway Security Measures |
304 |
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Brazil Theater Planning |
307 |
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The Approach to Collaboration |
312 |
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The United States Army Forces South Atlantic |
320 |
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Defense Planning and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force |
327 |
| XIII. |
The United States and Mexico: Solidarity and Security |
331 |
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Gathering Momentum |
333 |
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The Joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission |
338 |
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The Mexican Corridor |
344 |
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The United States and the Security of Mexico |
351 |
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Mexico and the Defense of California |
356 |
| XIV. |
The United States and Canada: Copartners in Defense |
364 |
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Rapprochement |
365 |
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The Ogdensburg Meeting and Its Result |
370 |
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The Functioning of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense |
373 |
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Basic Problems of Responsibility and Command |
377 |
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The Pre-Pearl Harbor Pattern of Joint Defense |
383 |
| XV. |
The United States and Canada: Elements of Wartime Collaboration |
390 |
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The Air and Land Routes to Alaska |
391 |
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CRYSTAL and CRIMSON |
399 |
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The Cost, Control, and Permanent Disposition of Facilities in Canada |
403 |
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Completing the Machinery of Collaboration |
406 |
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Preface to the Present |
408 |
| XVI. |
Some Conclusions and Observations |
410 |
| Bibliographical Note |
425 |
| Glossary of Abbreviations |
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| Glossary of CODE NAMES |
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| Index |
437 |