The AFC committee, led by American journalist William Allen White, advocated for neutrality and non-intervention in the events leading up to World War II, believing that America should focus on its own internal issues. Similarly, European leaders prior to the outbreak of the war also followed a policy of appeasement, hoping to avoid conflict through concessions to Nazi Germany. However, both the AFC committee and European leaders failed to prevent the war, as aggression continued and eventually led to the global conflict.
