US have failed to build up any decent military outside of US, since its founding moment.
I am actually not surprised that US had not learned much over the years. The learning at US now is almost stagnant, especially in the political arena.
I am actually not surprised that US had not learned much over the years. The learning at US now is almost stagnant, especially in the political arena.
* France - preexisting army (also, De Gaule was a good military officer and knew what he wanted).
* Taiwan - preexisting army from the 'Nationalist' side of the Chinese civil war.
* Australia - army was built by the UK long before the US was involved.
* Israel - when it was established the US placed an arms embargo. Most support came from USSR, but a strong influence was service in the UK army during WW2.
So out of all examples, only South Korea maybe fits, and I'm not sure about that, just not so familiar with the history and what role the US played (it could be that they were modeled after the Japanese army which previously occupied the country?)
> * France - preexisting army (also, De Gaule was a good military officer and knew what he wanted).
One could argue that France had a preexisting army with an even longer history :-)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Franc...
Free France was a part of the French military that split.
I suppose that Australia is an offshoot of the British military.