Response to Reviews on Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy

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Response to Reviews on Tomorrow the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy

How and why did the people who shape U.S. foreign policy decide to pursue global military dominance as a fundamental objective of America’s role in the world?

By Stephen Wertheim

Published on Jan 17, 2022

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About the Author

Stephen Wertheim

Senior Fellow, American Statecraft Program

Stephen Wertheim is a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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