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	Foreword | 
	vii | 
	|   | 
	The Authors | 
	viii | 
	|   | 
	Preface | 
	ix | 
	| Chapter | 
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	Page | 
	| I. | 
	The Problem of Hemisphere Defense | 
	3 | 
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	Hemisphere Security and the Axis Threat | 
	5 | 
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	The RAINBOW Plans | 
	7 | 
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	The Problem of Bases | 
	10 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Army's State of Readiness in 1939 | 
	14 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Preparedness Measures, April-September 1939 | 
	19 | 
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	  | 
	The Strategic Outlook, Autumn and Winter, 1939-40 | 
	25 | 
	| II. | 
	The Crisis of 1940 | 
	30 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Defeat of France and Repercussions in America | 
	31 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Decisions on National Policy | 
	36 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Mobilization | 
	41 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Fate of European Possessions | 
	44 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Destroyer-Base Agreement | 
	51 | 
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	  | 
	American Military Preparations and the War Outlook, July-October 1940 | 
	62 | 
	| III. | 
	The Axis Threat | 
	68 | 
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	The German Position, Summer 1940 | 
	68 | 
	|   | 
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	The Tripartite Pact and Japan | 
	74 | 
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	The Gibraltar-Africa Project | 
	76 | 
	| IV. | 
	The American Response: Military Policies and Plans, 1940-41 | 
	82 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Emergency Expeditionary Force Plans | 
	83 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	New Definitions of National Policy | 
	88 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The New Outlook Toward the War | 
	96 | 
	| V. | 
	The Atlantic Crisis of 1941 | 
	101 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Naval Plans and Preparations | 
	103 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Crisis of May 1941 | 
	110 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Azores and Brazil | 
	116 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Crisis Resolved | 
	121 | 
	| VI. | 
	From Nonbelligerency to War | 
	130 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Operations in the North Atlantic | 
	132 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The German Threat in the Southern Atlantic | 
	135 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Military Policy and Army Readiness, Autumn 1941 | 
	143 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Approach to War | 
	149 | 
	| VII. | 
	The Shift Toward the Offensive | 
	156 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Reaction to Pearl Harbor | 
	156 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Planning for the Offensive | 
	161 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The ARCADIA Decisions | 
	169 | 
	| VIII. | 
	General Military Relations with Latin America | 
	172 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Staff Conversations and Agreements of 1940 | 
	175 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Other Measures To Improve Military Relations | 
	183 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Planning for the Support of Friendly Governments | 
	186 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Organization of Military Relationships, 1941-42 | 
	191 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Military Assistance to Latin America in 1942 | 
	200 | 
	| IX. | 
	The Supply of Arms to Latin America | 
	207 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Law, Policy, and Procedure | 
	208 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Latin American Arms Program of 1941 | 
	217 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Airplanes for Latin America | 
	225 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Special Problems During 1941 | 
	228 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Arms Supply After Pearl Harbor | 
	232 | 
	| X. | 
	Air Defense Preparations in Latin America | 
	238 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Control of Civil Aviation | 
	239 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Airport Development Program | 
	249 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Preparing for Air Operations | 
	259 | 
	| XI. | 
	Military Relations With Brazil Before Pearl Harbor | 
	265 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Problem of Arms Supply | 
	268 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	War Plans and Staff Agreements, 1940 | 
	272 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Mission of General Amaro Bittencourt | 
	278 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Security Force Plan, June 1941 | 
	284 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Joint Staff and General Headquarters Planning | 
	289 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Munitions for Brazil in 1941 | 
	293 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Army's Quest for Action | 
	296 | 
	| XII. | 
	The Establishment of United States Army Forces in Brazil | 
	303 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Emergency Airfield and Airway Security Measures | 
	304 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Brazil Theater Planning | 
	307 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Approach to Collaboration | 
	312 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The United States Army Forces South Atlantic | 
	320 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Defense Planning and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force | 
	327 | 
	| XIII. | 
	The United States and Mexico: Solidarity and Security | 
	331 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Gathering Momentum | 
	333 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission | 
	338 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Mexican Corridor | 
	344 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The United States and the Security of Mexico | 
	351 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Mexico and the Defense of California | 
	356 | 
	| XIV. | 
	The United States and Canada: Copartners in Defense | 
	364 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Rapprochement | 
	365 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Ogdensburg Meeting and Its Result | 
	370 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Functioning of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense | 
	373 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Basic Problems of Responsibility and Command | 
	377 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Pre-Pearl Harbor Pattern of Joint Defense | 
	383 | 
	| XV. | 
	The United States and Canada: Elements of Wartime Collaboration | 
	390 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Air and Land Routes to Alaska | 
	391 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	CRYSTAL and CRIMSON | 
	399 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	The Cost, Control, and Permanent Disposition of Facilities in Canada | 
	403 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Completing the Machinery of Collaboration | 
	406 | 
	|   | 
	  | 
	Preface to the Present | 
	408 | 
	| XVI. | 
	Some Conclusions and Observations | 
	410 | 
	| Bibliographical Note | 
	425 | 
	| Glossary of Abbreviations | 
	  | 
	| Glossary of CODE NAMES | 
	  | 
	| Index | 
	437 |