In 1920, The West Ruled

The U.s. Has And Still Is Cooperating With Various Military Dictatorships Around The World. Obviously We Would Prefer To See Them Democratized, But We Are Doing It Because We Have National Interests, Whether It's Working With Pakistan On Afghanistan Or Whatever.

The Basis Of Association And Antagonism Among Countries Has Changed Over Time.

The United States Has Been An Immigrant Country. The Hispanics Who Come Here Are Largely From Mexico And South America. They Are Catholics, But That Is An American Religion. One-third Of Our Population Is Catholic So That Does Not Have The Same Impact As Muslims Coming Into Europe.

Fascism And Communism Have Not Entirely Disappeared But Have Been Sidelined Certainly, And Liberal Democracy Has Come To Be Accepted, In Theory At Least, Around The World, If Not Always In Practice.

Also, Of Course, For Most Of This Time Most Americans Thought Of America As A White Country With, At Best, Only A Very Segregated And Subordinate Role For Blacks.