What was America's posture during the inter-war years?

"After WWI, the US adopted a neutral stance towards the situation in Europe. As the country focused on returning to normal life during the prosperous 1920s, development of military technology was gradually put on the back burner. When the stock market crash of 1929 plunged the nation into a depression, some military programs were abandoned all together. During the 1930s, the last thing on the American mind was going to war again for Europe's many political problems. As a result, the Americans were years behind their future adversaries like the Germans and Japanese, particularly in aircraft and armored vehicles. Even as the Japanese overtook parts of China and the Pacific islands and the Germans rolled through Poland, the American public was against going to war. It was not until the United States was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor and the Hitler declared war on the US in 1941 that the country was jolted into military production. Once the great industrial nation was awakened, the enormous output of machines and weapons would soon overwhelm the Axis powers, no matter how hard they fought."What was America's posture during the inter-war years?Muir6 has presented a very good answer. I would not argue with anything they said. However, this is my spin on your question.



In the aftermath of WW I the American people felt like the Europeans (specifically the British and the French) failed to appreciate the effort and sacrifice the Americans had made to winning the war. In truth the American intervention saved their collective A$$es, a fact most Europeans refuse to acknowledge to this very day. This bitterness resulted in a strong resurgence of traditional isolationism on the part of the American public. As that same public watched things in Europe deteriorate and slide into a new war in 1939 the dominant feeling among the public was "...not again...." The isolationist mood hardened until the Japanese knocked the American people off the dime with their attack on Pearl Harbor. Even then the American people were angry with the Japanese and reluctant to get involved in Europe. If Hitler hadn't been so accommodating and declared war on the US to back his Japanese allies Roosevelt might have had a hard time getting the Congress to go along with a declaration of war against Germany.What was America's posture during the inter-war years?I think the posture is either bad or good. I can't be so sure about that. But I am sure that if you use a posture brace correct it can help alleviate back pain and improves a poor posture. It gives support to your lower back muscle and your spine.