These were mostly of a declarative manner at first, including attempts to repeal the Neutrality acts and speeches condemning the atrocities committed by Japan, like the Rape of Nanking. Soon declarations turned into facts as a line of continued communication was established between Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Churchill, ending with the Atlantic Charter. The practice of Interventionism was based on the ideas and principles of Realism in Foreign Policy. This meant that once the League of Nations failed to stop aggression in Europe and the compromises made by politicians like Neville Chamberlain in dealing with Hitler’s territorial ambitions, proved to just increase the hegemonic power of Germany in Europe, there was very little to support idealist views. The adepts of the Realistic approach to politics argued that states are driven by competitive self-interest in the context of the absence of a central authority in the international system. Since the League of Nations proved to be unable to prevent nation-states from attacking each other, the only solution was that the US assume part of the roles of central authority by aiding certain countries, setting a moral theory on witch democracies should function, and thus influencing the outcome of the war. Although the US did not join the War directly it did visibly aid Great Britain to such a degree that Germany had enough evidence to sustain a Cassius Belli and declare war. From this point, there was no possibility or interest on the part of the US leadership to return to the Non-interventionist stance that enabled the war to happen, even after its conclusion and the capitulation of all Axis countries.
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