Prime, Christophe L'Amérique en guerre 1933-1946

The Giant Awakens: The United States in World War II. Although the United States emerged stronger from World War I, it ultimately retreated, leaving Asia and Europe ablaze. We therefore assume that the war did not really intervene in the minds and daily lives of Americans until December 7, 1941, the date of the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base. In reality, the process begins much earlier. By a coincidence of history, Roosevelt and Hitler came to power just weeks apart in 1933. But the Democratic president, watching with concern the increasing dangers on a global scale, is preparing his country mentally, politically and militarily to face them, even if it has not yet recovered from the economic crisis of 1929. But do we really know how this young nation overcame the challenges of war that confronted it? Who are these citizen soldiers who have agreed to put on the uniform to serve or even die for their country in a foreign land? Did they fight out of conviction or out of obligation? How did they behave towards the foreign population? The book also shows that the Anglo-American alliance, as sincere as it is unshakable, is a reality at the political level, but is more chaotic at the military level. And although the "Germany first" principle so dear to American military leaders was not ratified until the balance of power between the two countries was reversed, it was actually the war against Japan that came to dominate, a reality that has still remained hidden from the European public. Finally, Christophe Prime shows that although the war machine has undeniable advantages, it also has structural weaknesses and makes errors of judgment that cost many lives, as in Normandy or Peleliu.