However, it was not greatly developed until the early 1930s,[1] when James Sutherland Brown constructed a rough model of the strategy.
The major tenet of Brown's model was the defence of the Pacific coast in the event of a war between the United States and Japan.
It would have been difficult for the government to maintain neutrality and retain the support of citizens if it did not at least attempt to align with the United States.
(However, the Irish Free State, then a dominion within the British Empire, remained neutral throughout the Second World War.
The Joint Staff Committee suggested that Ottawa tell Washington that it could offer "no military commitment in advance of an actual crisis developing.