What-ifs are hard, but you can't deny that US policy failed to prevent a threat from emerging that challenged the US. So they didn't win.
They also gave Europe up to Communism. The US was never at risk of being occupied. I think, honestly, they were just tired of war after beating the Germans, and especially after beating the Japanese, and I don't blame them for that.
What-ifs are hard, but you can't deny that US policy failed to prevent a threat from emerging that challenged the US. So they didn't win.
They also gave Europe up to Communism. The US was never at risk of being occupied. I think, honestly, they were just tired of war after beating the Germans, and especially after beating the Japanese, and I don't blame them for that.
I don't deny that. It prevented a greater threat from emerging at the cost of a lesser threat - to US hegemony. That is a win for US hegemony.