LESSON 9: INTERWAR YEARS - Department of Defense 1999 - PIN 711206 - PROGRAM PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOWNSIZING OF AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES. IT ALSO DISCUSSES THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EUROPEAN WAR YEARS, THE REJECTION OF AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP TO INVOLVEMENT IN WORLD PROBLEMS AND ITS IMPACT UPON THE READINESS OF OUR ARMED FORCES TO THE NEW EMERGING THREATS OF MILITARY STATES.