The defense of North America

THE FACT that we properly can use the inclusive term “defense of North America” is significant, for it symbolizes the very remarkable position which has come about in the development of friendly and close relations between the nations of the North American continent; the words themselves betoken the fact that today within North America there are no frontiers in the sense of separating boundaries between nations that have to be fortified and patrolled by armed forces on guard against some ever-present or potential risk of invasion or other military action. On the contrary, the boundaries between nations within the continent of North America are interlaced with open highways where great friendly peoples meet in free and peaceful intercourse for trade and commerce and to develop associations and enterprises which redound to their mutual advantage and benefit.