"In origin and treatment this is a surpassing study whose sheer information, apart from its personal conclusions, is worth the serious attention, not only of the legislator, but of the plain man behind the lawmaker." DETROIT FREE PRESS: "Hudson Maxim makes a call to arms against war. Here is an argument for proper armament from a man who not only foretold the Japanese war and named the victor, but also prophesied the present conflict and by knowledge and study of world's conditions knows what he is talking about and makes his warning timely." LOS ANGELES TIMES: "A powerful book on an imminent and national problem that every thinking citizen should read with care." BOSTON TRANSCRIPT: "Shows how it is safer for a country like the United States with so large a territory to defend, to prepare, so that no foreign nation will be anxious to try a struggle with us. The peace of the United States will then rest on a firm foundation." BALTIMORE SUN: "The book is brilliantly written, with the severity of one who intensely desires to drive a truth home and with the assurance of one who feels his statistics unassailable and his arguments unanswerable. He is supported by many witnesses whose knowledge must be respected. There is no smallness in the writer's attitude. He appears to feel intensely his mission as prophet and patriot." CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: "Here is a man, frankly interested in war, who seems utterly honest in his beliefs. The book contains an expert elucidation of the weaknesses of the American army and navy. It has practical suggestions for improvement. It is, in fact, a complete text book for the student of American preparedness or unpreparedness, written, of course, in a sincerely ex parte manner." BROOKLYN CITIZEN: "The book should be read and studied carefully by every lover of his country." LEWISTON JOURNAL: "'Defenseless America' is a ringing and insistent call, calculated to startle the average American out of his peaceful and complacent sense of security." NEW YORK PRESS: "The book is interesting--as interesting as a well-written and absorbing novel, only it deals with vital facts that have a bearing on the lives and fortunes of every one in this country." THE OUTLOOK: "We wish that we could think that those who are opposed to any preparation against war by this country would read and consider this book of Mr. Hudson Maxim." LIFE, N. Y.: