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America Answers a Sneak Attack
Alcan and Al Qaeda

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America Answers a Sneak Attack
Alcan and Al Qaeda

by Gordon Weil (Author)

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ISBN: 9780935047523

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An analysis of how America overreacted to Pearl Harbor at the outset of World War II by building the Alcan highway and other projects, believing that Alaska would be Japan's next US target.

This is an analysis of how America overreacted to Pearl Harbor at the outset of World War II by building the Alcan highway and other projects, believing that Alaska would be Japan's next US target. This governmental panic to 'do something' resulted in massive spending on unnecessary actions similar to what happened after 9/11 - including waste, profiteering, bureaucratic infighting, cover-ups, and an assertion of America's dominating role in the world. But the Alcan Highway let black soldiers achieve greater racial equality and gave Harry S Truman sufficient prominence to lead to his selection as Franklin Roosevelt's running mate in 1944.

ISBN	935047522
ISBN13	9780935047523
Publisher	Americas Group Publications,U.S.
Format	Hardback
Publication date	01/11/2007
Pages	241
Weight (grammes)	576
Published in	United States
Height (mm)	230
Width (mm)	155

Part I: America Answers Pearl Harbor
Part II: Alcan and the "American Dilemma"
Part III: "The Greatest Achievement Since the Panama Canal"
Part IV: Paying the Price
Part V: Consequences
Part VI: Alcan and Al Qaeda
Index.