prewar

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Gen. Sherman Miles, chief of America’s Military Intelligence Division in 1941, later called prewar America a “country loath to admit the danger it faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Upstream production meanwhile, has also stalled, largely as a result of the closure of the Strait, with production in the region down some 10 million barrels per day from prewar levels.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Upstream production meanwhile, has also stalled, largely as a result of the closure of the Strait, with production in the region down some 10 million barrels per day from prewar levels.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Under the proposed deal, Iran would restore the strait to its prewar status as a free and open international waterway, while both sides entered 60 days of negotiations over the removal of Iran’s nuclear stockpile.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

The stage was set for one of the most important events of the prewar period.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik