"And once again in WWII the state that made the mistakes least damaging to itself on a strategic scale was the USA, not the UK or the USSR."
True, but the US was also the only contender in this competition buffered by an ocean from any rival. This gave it a nice big safety net in terms of the political and military disasters the UK, USSR, France etc played out from the 30's till 1941. So how much was good luck as opposed to good management I think is difficult to define.
I personally wouldn't use the term "disgusted" but as an Australian I have little fondness for Churchill, he was willing to throw us to the wolves in both world wars. In Churchill's worldview, the British Empire consisted of good old Blighty and a bunch of possessions to be used at his whim.
True, but the US was also the only contender in this competition buffered by an ocean from any rival. This gave it a nice big safety net in terms of the political and military disasters the UK, USSR, France etc played out from the 30's till 1941. So how much was good luck as opposed to good management I think is difficult to define.
I personally wouldn't use the term "disgusted" but as an Australian I have little fondness for Churchill, he was willing to throw us to the wolves in both world wars. In Churchill's worldview, the British Empire consisted of good old Blighty and a bunch of possessions to be used at his whim.