accept peace on American terms. No one suggested openly that the United States should launch a surprise first strike along the lines of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But they did argue that the United States should launch a preemptive attack as soon as intelligence indicated that the Soviets were making preparations for an attack. Many strategists doubted that there was any difference between a preemptive strike and an American Pearl Harbor, but their doubts were conveniently ignored.
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Publication information:
Book title: From Nuclear Military Strategy to a World without War:A History and a Proposal.
Contributors: Roger Hilsman - Author.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers.
Place of publication: Westport, CT.
Publication year: 1999.
Page number: 55.
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