As a result , the US government began its own process of rapprochment with Berlin .
Since the US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles following the First World War , the US government found itself outside of the inter-Allied arrangements made with the German government .
The US government began government 's own process of rapprochment with Berlin .
Since the US Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles following the First World War , the US government found itself outside of the inter-Allied arrangements made with the German government .