Assess the Effect of Misperception on U

question 65

Multiple Choice

Assess the effect of misperception on U.S.involvement in World War II and the Cold War.

• A)The United States misperceived the importance of regions such as the Sudetenland in World War II, a mistake from which we learned during the Cold War.
• B)Misperception led to delayed U.S. involvement in the Cold War, while it led Americans to hastily deploy troops in World War II.
• C)Americans in World War II underestimated the reach of foreign powers, later overestimating the importance of small regions during the Cold War.
• D)The rampant spread of Nazism led Americans to misperceive Hitler's reach; similarly, we overestimated Soviet influence in Eurasia.

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