Part of it was that the US signaled after WWII that it would support Western Europe, but it wouldn't help them colonize the world.
The British and French were shocked (and pissed) when the US sided with Egypt and the Soviets against European colonialism.
The only reason the British didn't suffer a string of horribly embarrassing loses to insurgencies is because the British just gave up after Suez. They would have had their Indochina and Algeria had they tried to keep it all.
The British and French were shocked (and pissed) when the US sided with Egypt and the Soviets against European colonialism.
The only reason the British didn't suffer a string of horribly embarrassing loses to insurgencies is because the British just gave up after Suez. They would have had their Indochina and Algeria had they tried to keep it all.