Surprise, Security, and the American Experience

Surprise, Security, and the American Experience By John Lewis Gaddis Reviewed by Daniel Hindes This short and excellent book provides a 200 year overview of the history of national security policy in the United States, in context of the events of September 11, 2001. Gaddis examines how the United States has reacted to security threats in the past, and whether the current reaction is different from past reactions. The first...