We Were Allies Once: Lessons of D Day, 1944

Authors

Nigel Hamilton, University of Massachusetts BostonFollow

Abstract

Nigel Hamilton swivels the century around the pivot of the massive cooperation and collaboration between the United States and its allies during World War II. In the early years, European and British troops suffered a series of discouraging defeats by the Nazis, and then when the United States entered the war the great collaboration among the allies was instrumental in achieving victory in Europe. This joint effort of nations continued for a time with such institutions as the UN and NATO and other international bodies. The war in Iraq ruptured the alliance. American unilateralism has distinguished most of the debacle of the war in Iraq, in which the lessons of history have been ignored with tragic result.

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, Nigel (2005) "We Were Allies Once: Lessons of D Day, 1944," New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 19: Iss. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol19/iss2/4