Economic expansion became “both a means and an end” for American foreign policy makers (129). It was seen as a way to broaden markets, and to spread peace through prosperity. However, Williams explains, by expanding a U.S. economic system throughout the world they made it very difficult for other countries to maintain an economy independently (15). U.S. interference altered the power dynamic in other countries, which was usually detrimental to the other nations. Williams notes that other countries were also very well aware of this power imbalance, which furthered the tensions between the U.S. and other political bodies. Yet no matter how much the smaller nation fought, the power imbalance still existed, and the powerful U.S. superpower could easily destroy and terrorize those who fought against it. It was only until another world superpower came into the picture that smaller nations were able to fight
Economic expansion became “both a means and an end” for American foreign policy makers (129). It was seen as a way to broaden markets, and to spread peace through prosperity. However, Williams explains, by expanding a U.S. economic system throughout the world they made it very difficult for other countries to maintain an economy independently (15). U.S. interference altered the power dynamic in other countries, which was usually detrimental to the other nations. Williams notes that other countries were also very well aware of this power imbalance, which furthered the tensions between the U.S. and other political bodies. Yet no matter how much the smaller nation fought, the power imbalance still existed, and the powerful U.S. superpower could easily destroy and terrorize those who fought against it. It was only until another world superpower came into the picture that smaller nations were able to fight