Encyclopedia of United States national security.

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Авторы: Richard J. Samuels

Издательство: Sage Publications Ltd.

Год: 2004

Кол-во страниц: 992

Формат: pdf

Размер: 111 Мб

Язык: Английский

Security is like the air we breathe. We take it for granted until there is too little of it, at which point getting enough of it is all that matters. Aside from December 7, 1941, and September 11, 2001, the United States has been blessed in that most of its citizens have rarely felt an urgent need for national protection. Still, Americans have fought a great many wars and have suffered the loss of millions of its soldiers and civilians. And today, since the tragic events of 9/11, we know that the topic of national security has never been of broader concern to all Americans. Rarely have we felt as threatened as we do in the current security environment. Ironically, most Americans feel vulnerable despite the fact that the United States is the largest military power the world has ever known. Annual U.S. defense spending is larger than the total defense budgets of the next 25 nations combined, and the budget of the U.S.

Marine Corps alone (the smallest of the four U.S. military branches) is larger than that of the entire military of the United Kingdom.