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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945

By: Galen Roger Perras

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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945

By: Galen Roger Perras

The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United States on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role in American military strategy. This work examines the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu.

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0774809906

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9780774809900

Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945

Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough

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Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945

Necessary, but Not Necessary Enough

By: Galen Perras

In the turbulent years before World War II, U.S. strategic planners struggled with the question of Canadian security. Franklin Roosevelt took a unique interest in America's northern neighbor and persistently encouraged Canada to do more to ensure its own defense especially through alliance with the U.S. This aspect of foreign policy resulted in a delicate balancing act between U.S. officials who sought to downplay the strategic importance of Canada and Canadian leaders who saw American overtures as a threat to Canadian sovereignty. The first chapter discusses Roosevelt's early efforts between 1933 and 1937 to increase Canadian interest in North American defense. The second follows events up to the outbreak of war. Although Canada had been seen as part of the rival British Empire, Canada now became a natural ally in hemispheric security efforts. Roosevelt's dealings with Canadian Prime Minister W.L.M. King, who would be branded a puppet for these interactions, and the evolution of continental defense efforts are discussed in the third chapter. The fourth chapter chronicles the wartime struggles of two new allies, as Roosevelt became more concerned with Europe and the coming Soviet threat. The final chapter further explains the declining interest in Canada as World War II becomes the focus of American interests.

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Praeger

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0275955001

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9780275955007

Stepping Stones to Nowhere

The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945

By: Galen Roger Perras

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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

The Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American Military Strategy, 1867-1945

By: Galen Roger Perras

The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United Stateson the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role inAmerican military strategy. But for most Americans, prior to the SecondWorld War, the bleak and barren islands were of little interest. InStepping Stones to Nowhere, Galen Perras shows how that changed withthe Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in thehorrendous battle for Attu. Perras reveals how this clash in the NorthPacific demonstrated serious problems with the way that Americancivilian and military decision makers sought to incite a globalconflict.

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University of Washington Press

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0774809892

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9780774809894

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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

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Franklin Roosevelt and the Origins of the Canadian-American Security Alliance, 1933-1945

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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

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