Were Americans afraid of British and French Imperialism until WWII?

[darklordoftech]

Or had that ceased to be an issue for Americans long before WWII?

[Statilius the Epicurean]

French imperialism ceased to be a threat after the US civil war with the failure of Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico.

British imperialism gradually lessened in threat post-civil war until by the end of the 19th century Britain realised it was no longer feasible to maintain naval supremacy against all comers, leading to the Anglo-American rapprochement around 1900 where Britain tacitly accepted that the Americas were to be left to the US navy in exchange for benevolent support elsewhere. I don't know much about domestic US political calculations which went into this but it mostly took shape during the presidency of the heavily Anglophile Theodore Roosevelt.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It remained an issue even after WWII, but I wouldn't say we were afraid after WWI of either power. War Plans Red and Gold were more to give junior staff officers something to do than anything else.

[buritobr]

I read Keynes' biography written by Skidelsky.
In 1939/1940, Keynes used to go to the USA, representing the British Treasury, in order to negotiate the land lease. Skidelsky told that in this time, both far-right and far-left in the USA opposed the direct participation in the war. The far-right, because of obvious motives. The far-left, because they think that America had no gains in helping the imperialist powers of France and UK. The left viewed the British Empire as a villain.

[Samof94]

I read Keynes' biography written by Skidelsky.
In 1939/1940, Keynes used to go to the USA, representing the British Treasury, in order to negotiate the land lease. Skidelsky told that in this time, both far-right and far-left in the USA opposed the direct participation in the war. The far-right, because of obvious motives. The far-left, because they think that America had no gains in helping the imperialist powers of France and UK. The left viewed the British Empire as a villain.

A lot of people saw their subjugation of a bunch of countries, including Canada, as evidence for not wanting to ally with them.