Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Leveraging Strength: The Pillars of American Grand Strategy in World War II

Leveraging Strength: The Pillars of American Grand Strategy in World War II

Abstract

This article argues that U.S. leaders navigated their way through World War II challenges in several important ways. These included: sustaining a functional civil-military relationship; mobilizing inside a democratic, capitalist paradigm; leveraging the moral high ground ceded to them by their enemies; cultivating their ongoing relationship with the British, and embracing a kind of adaptability and resiliency that facilitated their ability to learn from mistakes and take advantage of their enemies’ mistakes.

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