ABSTRACT
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration was a landmark event in relation to the United States domestic and foreign policies. Great Britain, one of the main players in the Asian-Pacific region, in essence opted to leave the game. The U.S. political relationship with Japan, as with Germany, was also refined but in a higher degree of contradiction, which defended national interests especially through the tactics isolationism and neutrality. Britain, with its commitment to a balance of power, hoped to mold, as the two main European adversaries, the USSR and Germany and to stage a confrontation. The U.S. Navy and navy aviation had the ability at the end of the 1930s to confront the Japanese aggressions in Asia, but the Unites States preferred 'to keep its gunpowder dry'. The relationship between Roosevelt and the Soviet Union during the war was ambiguous, their alliance proved stronger than the undercurrents of suspicion, hostility, and confrontation.
