United States Army in World War II: The Western Hemisphere
The Framework of Hemisphere Defense
by Stetson Conn and Byron Fairchild
. . . to Those Who Served
Table of Contents
The Authors
Chapter 1: The Problem of Hemisphere Defense
Hemisphere Security and the Axis Threat—The RAINBOW Plans—The Problem of Bases—The Army’s State of Readiness in 1939—Preparedness Measures, April–September 1939—The Strategic Outlook, Autumn and Winter, 1939–40
The Defeat of France and Repercussions in America—Decisions on National Policy—Mobilization—The Fate of European Possessions—The Destroyer-Base Agreement—American Military Preparations and the War Outlook, July–October 1940
The German Position, Summer 1940—The Tripartite Pact and Japan—The Gibraltar–Africa Project
Chapter 4: The American Response: Military Policies and Plans, 1940-41
Emergency Expeditionary Force Plans—New Definitions of National Policy—The New Outlook Toward the War
Chapter 5: The Atlantic Crisis of 1941
Naval Plans and Preparations—The Crisis of May 1941—The Azores and Brazil—The Crisis Resolved
Chapter 6: From Non-belligerency to War
Operations in the North Atlantic—The German Threat in the Southern Atlantic—Military Policy and Army Readiness, Autumn 1941—The Approach to War
Chapter 7: The Shift Toward the Offensive
The Reaction to Pearl Harbor—Planning for the Offensive—The ARCADIA Decisions
Chapter 8: General Military Relations with Latin America
The Staff Conversations and Agreements of 1940—Other Measures To Improve Military Relations—Planning for the Support of Friendly Governments—The Organization of Military Relationships, 1941–42—Military Assistance to Latin America in 1942
Chapter 9: The Supply of Arms to Latin America
Law, Policy, and Procedure—The Latin American Arms Program of 1941—Airplanes for Latin America—Special Problems During 1941—Arms Supply After Pearl Harbor
Chapter 10: Air Defense Preparations in Latin America
The Control of Civil Aviation—The Airport Development Program—Preparing for Air Operations
Chapter 11: Military Relations With Brazil Before Pearl Harbor
The Problem of Arms Supply—War Plans and Staff Agreements, 1940—The Mission of General Amaro Bittencourt—The Security Force Plan, June 1941—Joint Staff and General Headquarters Planning—Munitions for Brazil in 1941—The Army’s Quest for Action
Chapter 12: The Establishment of United States Army Forces in Brazil
Emergency Airfield and Airway Security Measures—Brazil Theater Planning—The Approach to Collaboration—The United States Army Forces South Atlantic—Defense Planning and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force
Chapter 13: The United States and Mexico: Solidarity and Security
Gathering Momentum—The Joint Mexican-United States Defense Commission—The Mexican Corridor—The United States and the Security of Mexico—Mexico and the Defense of California
Chapter 14: The United States and Canada: Copartners in Defense
Rapprochement—The Ogdensburg Meeting and Its Result—The Functioning of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense—Basic Problems of Responsibility and Command—The Pre-Pearl Harbor Pattern of Joint Defense
Chapter 15: The United States and Canada: Elements of Wartime Collaboration
The Air and Land Routes to Alaska—CRYSTAL and CRIMSON—The Cost, Control, and Permanent Disposition of Facilities in Canada—Completing the Machinery of Collaboration—Preface to the Present
Chapter 16: Some Conclusions and Observations
Glossary of Abbreviations
Glossary of CODE NAMES