In The Contest Over National Security (Harvard 2024) Roady shows how FDR developed a vision of national security that is not just about protecting Americans against physical attack but also ensuring their economic well-being.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, calling for information "with respect to the practicability and utility of a fort or forts on Ship Island, on the coast of Mississippi, with a view to the protection of said coast."
JAMES K. POLK.
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In The Contest Over National Security (Harvard 2024) Roady shows how FDR developed a vision of national security that is not just about protecting Americans against physical attack but also ensuring their economic well-being.
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