While Butler was quite spot on with his early 1930s post-mortem assessment of WWI, a less isolationist approach might have possibly lessened the scale of WWII.

While Butler was quite spot on with his early 1930s post-mortem assessment of WWI, a less isolationist approach might have possibly lessened the scale of WWII. Some aspects of it's stance, like home territory limited military presence and exclusive zones of interest are simply obsolete in an era of ICBMs and satellites. For some context and general description of sentiment in the 30s: https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/power-of-isolationists-before-world-war-ii/ https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/power-of-isolationists-be... https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/american-isolationism https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/american-isol... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nye_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrality_Acts_of_1930s