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...War II, the United States was proclaimed to be one of the world superpowers. By being a superpower, the nation has a well-built economy, influential armed forces, overflowing international political power and influence plus it should have a strong national ideology. Since the United States had only suffered a little damage during the war perhaps because of the efficiency of military tactics and troops that the state has. This made them advantageous to other countries that were totally devastated during the war and would badly need their financial support and assistance, thus making these small countries their allies.
Formerly known as an isolationist, it was quite hard to believe that the United States could be a superpower that could extend its power and influence to the world. Accordingly, it was only the need to protect the country’s capitalist investments in Europe during the first World War that forced United States to open itself to other countries. Eventually however, former US president Franklin Roosevelt was able to formulate a policy for Europe that was deliberated to assure United States a leading role in the not so distant future. According to Roosevelt the only way to govern the world was to decrease Europe’s international position by igniting a permanent rivalry superpower to ensure world stability with the USSR.
Roosevelt reduced the geopolitical role of Europe by leaving the other countries and states of Europe fragmented into diminutive, rather powerless, and homogenous ethical states. Roosevelt also foreseen that the World War II would the military and economic force of Europe, removing Germany and France from the ranks of world powers. This left United States, Great Britain, and the USSR as the remaining powerful countries to hold world powers
This strategy was found to be successful and now the industrial exports in the United...
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