The Folly of War: American Foreign Policy, 1898-2005American historian and political scientist Schmidt's attitude about war changed abruptly in 1991 when a colleague asked him if he would sacrifice his only son to (the first) Bush's (first) war on Iraq. He offers a critical review of US wars from the great hysteria of the Spanish-American War to the contrived War on Terrorism. Annotation 2004 Book N |
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Europe Stumbles Into War | 51 |
Americas First European Crusade | 69 |
The Armistice and the Treaty | 99 |
The Infamy of Pearl Harbor | 123 |
Americas Second European Crusade | 153 |
A Soviet Victory | 185 |
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