Title: Was war necessary? : national security and U.S. entry into war /
Authors: Small, Melvin.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1980
Subjects: National security United States; United States History, Military.
Abstract: A diplomatic historian examines six major international wars involving the United States and concludes that American involvement was unjustified in each case. America's national security was not in fact sufficiently threatened to merit a call to arms. The author analyzes the events leading up to each war and the justification of wars in general. His book combines lively history with lucid and relevant general argument.
Contents: The War of 1812 -- The Mexican-American War -- The Spanish-American War -- World War I -- World War II -- The Korean War.