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The key difference in World War I and II was that after WWI, the U.S., under the lead of the Republicans, refused to ratify the Versailles treaty and join the League of Nations and stay involved in Europe. After WWII, the U.S. lent money to help rebuild Europe (conditioned on their cooperation in OEEC), and encouraged, financed, joined and led NATO, as soon as it was recognized that the UN was fatally compromised and powerless because of the USSR veto. Even today, you can well imagine how helpless NATO would be without American leadership and command. |
