Assess the effect of misperception on U.S. involvement in World War II and the Cold War

A) The United States misperceived the importance of regions such as the Sudetenland in World War II, a mistake from which we learned during the Cold War. B) Misperception led to delayed U.S. involvement in the Cold War, while it led Americans to hastily deploy troops in World War II. C) Americans in World War II underestimated the reach of foreign powers, later overestimating the importance of small regions during the Cold War. D) The rampant spread of Nazism led Americans to misperceive Hitler's reach; similarly, we overestimated Soviet influence in Eurasia.

Answer: C