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The United States was slow to prepare for war (prior to 1941) because: 1. The United States was a neutral country. 2. The United States was generally 'isolationist' in outlook towards the rest of the world. 3. The United States was across the Atlantic Ocean from the war in Europe, and on the other side of the Pacific Ocean from the war in China. That led to the commonly held belief that those wars would not reach the United States, or they were not a real threat.

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