Will the United States Ever Be a Real Environmental Force?

Adopting a prominent environmental policy is widely considered an unlikely event in the United States. Unless the country assumes a leadership position — much as it belatedly did in World War II.

While all the world was convinced that the United States would stay on the sidelines, the nation responded to the aggression of Germany and Japan only after it was directly attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

But respond it did. After an all-out mobilization, the U.S. engagement helped turn the tide, leading the Allied Forces to victory within 3