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A 10 page paper. The position is taken that American leadership has resulted in a more stable and safer world system. Hegemonic stability theory is discussed - for a stable world-system, it is necessary for one nation to take the position of leadership. In the 19th century, it was Britain; in the 20th century, it was the U.S. The writer presents a comprehensive explanation of the need for one 'superpower' and the factors that are involved in that nation gaining and maintaining that position. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the 20th century, it was the U.S. The writer presents a comprehensive explanation of the need for one superpower and the factors that are involved in that nation gaining and
maintaining that position. Bibliography lists 5 sources. PGwldsys.rtf AMERICAS ROLE IN THE WORLD SYSTEM For The PaperStore, June 2001 for more information on
using this paper properly! Regarding the power of the United States, Boniface stated: "The United States has neither equals nor rivals: it is the first truly global power in
history, the only state ever to possess all military means--nuclear arms, projection force, satellites, sophisticated arms, etc. It is the first world economy with seemingly inexhaustible powers of innovation and
flexibility; it has a universally attractive culture. . . . The United States enjoys not superiority but supremacy. No other power can aspire to challenge it in the four essential
areas (military, economic, technological, and cultural) that constitute a global power. Not only can no state compete with the United States in these four areas combined, most would have difficulty
competing even in one of them" (Boniface, 2000, 1). Boniface had prefaced these comments by saying that when the Soviet Union collapsed, many world leaders and other had
thought and hoped that a truly multipolar world would emerge. Such was not the case. Instead, the United States retained the position of the greatest power in the world, a
position the nation assumed following World War II. It was after that war that the United States entered into a military alliance, the first time the nation had taken such
a step during peace time. The United States, however, entered into the alliance as a superpower and given its industry and economy, it also became the "leader of the free
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