American power Quote by Ian Bremmer

“World War II did more than usher in unparalleled prosperity for the United States. It transformed America's foreign relations. The war devastated the Axis…

— James T. Patterson

By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of…

— Gore Vidal

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

— Ronald Reagan

It took a world war, between 1914 and 1918, to draw the United States into a deeper and more sustained relationship with the wider world.

— Margaret MacMillan

Great power wars are very costly and dangerous, causing massive loss of life and worldwide turmoil, and possibly spreading to involve other countries.

— John Mearsheimer

“The three decades following the Second World War were prolific breeders of myth. The two great military victories on opposite sides of the globe,…

— James T. Patterson

“a confirmation of two of history’s more dismal lessons: that grand alliances rarely survive the shock of victory, and that great powers usually behave…

— Hugh Brogan

The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline.…

— Martin Jacques

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, everyone in America assumed that there would be wars to follow - wars over…

— Ben Domenech

I think President George W. Bush contributed very directly to the fact that the status of America as the world's only superpower lasted for…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history.

— Stephen Kinzer

What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists.

— Paul Keating