What I'm trying to figure out is: was the U.S. as the standard story goes a weak military power prior to Pearl Harbor? Or was it a strong military power who was unprepared for this particular war? It occurs to me that military strength aimed at bullying poor nations for resources, cheap labor and markets - especially in Latin America -- might have been less th an perfectly useful against Nazi Germany. (No reason why both can't be true of course; you don't need as much military power to prop up a favorite dictator in Central America, as to stand up to Nazi Germany; it is not just a question of quality; the quantity of power required may be less.) Anyway, I'd just like to get a look at the statistics and see what they say. Is there a book someone would reccomend? Or some standard on-line statistical sources that would give military expenditures and balance of forces info that far back?
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