There is no part of the world, in fact, to which the interest of the United States, direct or indirect, sentimental, political, or economic, does not now extend. The enormous strength and prestige of America, as disclosed during the war, have made a profound impression in every part of the globe and have given the United States a potent influence upon the destinies of mankind. The United States has become a world power of the first order. Whether the American people like it or not, that inexorable fact remains.
General References
A. T. Mahan, The Interest of America in International Conditions, pp. 127-185;
W. E. Weyl, American World Policies, passim;
A. C. Coolidge, The United States as a World Power, pp. 95-120;
C. E. Jones, Caribbean Interests of the United States, pp. 148-192;
J. H. Latané, America as a World Power, pp. 255-268; Ibid., From Isolation to Leadership, pp. 3-39;
H. H. Powers, America Among the Nations, pp. 197-239;
W. A. Dunning, The British Empire and the United States, pp. 357-371;
A. B. Hart, Foundations of American Foreign Policy, pp. 1-52;