I understand there was a significant surplus in the economy after ww2, and my guess is that new alliances and international trade increased during the cold war, but were there any specific events that lead to this?
One of the reasons could be that the US didn't had the much strickter rationing that many other nation had, ccupied or not occupied. I am Dutch and many people living during but also for some years after WW2 had first hand experience what severe food shortages, severe hunger felt. I know that my parents did experience whinger. If there was some food available it was of bad quality, not nutritious enough. I was as many others brought up with the the firm believe that food shouldn't be taken for granted and squandered and.