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President Barack Obama in his 2009 Nobel Prize Address specifically rejected the liberal nonviolence policies of [[Martin Luther King]], and proclaimed America has a duty to lead the fight against evil in the world, starting with the [[Afghanistan War]]. His conservative arguments stunned his liberal supporters.
President Barack Obama in his 2009 Nobel Prize Address specifically rejected the liberal nonviolence policies of [[Martin Luther King]], and proclaimed America has a duty to lead the fight against evil in the world, starting with the [[Afghanistan War]]. His conservative arguments stunned his liberal supporters.
==Other dimensions==
==Other dimensions==
Economic dimensions include the spread of American management, as for example in the [[Marshall Plan]] in the 1940s.
Economic dimensions include the spread of American management, as for example in the [[Marshall Plan]] in the 1940s. Poor management was a major factor in the slow recovery of Europe after World War II, and American management principles were often implemented as an essential part of Marshall Plan aid.
Cultural dimensions of the American Empire include the spread of American music and movies--and even more important the spread of Christian values by missionaries.
Cultural dimensions of the American Empire include the spread of American music and movies--and even more important the spread of Christian values by missionaries.
Anti-American forces in the Third World often capitalized on local hatred of oppressive empires by using the label in a negative sense. On the far left in the U.S. it is also a hostile theme, as represented by [[Noam Chomsky]]. Their argument is that America represents the evils of capitalism and religion and should be stopped from influencing the people of the world.
Anti-American forces in the Third World often capitalized on local hatred of oppressive empires by using the label in a negative sense. On the far left in the U.S. it is also a hostile theme, as represented by [[Noam Chomsky]]. Their argument is that America represents the evils of capitalism and religion and should be stopped from influencing the people of the world.
==See also==
==See also==
* [[American diplomatic history]]
* [[American diplomatic history]]