> any way that would risk our imperial interests Entire existence rather.. Nuclear weapons made any direct conflict between major states extremely risky > sou

> any way that would risk our imperial interests Entire existence rather.. Nuclear weapons made any direct conflict between major states extremely risky > southeast asian peoples would agree. I specifically excluded Japan. In theory US could have went to war with it while ignoring Europe. I doubt most people in Southeast Asia were particularly concerned about Germany, if anything it made their path to independence more straightforward