Intervention vs. Isolationism
After World War I, Germany, Italy, and Japan remained dissatisfiedabout the outcome of the conflict. For Germany, the Treaty of Versaillesforced a loss of territory and large reparation payments that the countryhad no hopes of paying. Italy found that its territorial gain from WorldWar I was not enough to offset the cost of the war, nor enough to satisfytheir urges for expansion. For Japan, the failure of the attempt toovertake China was a consistent reminder of the countries unrealized goals As a response to these losses, both political and economic, the worldbegan to see a surge of new leadership. In the East, a new form oftotalitarianism began to form, that of fascism. The fascist movement,nationalistic and militaristic by nature, promised to be more useful thandemocracy, and the only true defense against communism. In 1922, BenitoMussolini formed the first fascist dictatorship in Italy (Encarta, In Germany, another power was slowly coming to the foreground. AdolfHitler, an Austrian-born German, had slowly risen to power. By 1914,Hitler had gone to Munich, and joined the German army. As World War I
diplomaticpolicies, which state that the U. In Japan, while fascism was not officially adopted, the armed forcesplace in the government allowed them to impose a form of totalitarianism. After Pearl Harbor, however, the "sleeping giant" awoke(Wikepedia, "Isoroku Yamamoto"). Germany hadoccupied the rest of Czechoslovakia by March of 1939. His policy was to avoid aEuropean war at all costs (Encarta, "Neville Chamberlain", 1997). This "belligerent"wording did not distinguish aggressor nations from non-aggressor nations,making it impossible for U. if those materials were paid for on thespot, and transported out using the vessels of those "belligerent" nations,rather than on U. He spoke out againstthe war, stating that our nation was not at risk for any attack or damage,and that millions of lives of United States young men would be lost if weentered the war ("Lindbergh", 2002). This plan, which became known as the Third Reich, called forgovernment control over all of life. Inaddition, the Neutrality Laws made it clear to U. In response, the United States sent reprimandto Japan, and quickly received apologies.
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