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In [[American diplomatic history]] the Empire of Liberty has meant opposition to [[tyranny]] and [[totalitarianism]], especially in the [[Spanish American War]] (1898), [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[War on terrorism]].[[File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg|thumb|370px|[[Columbia]] (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the US Government) is blind. ''Judge'' magazine, Feb. 6, 1897]]  

In [[American diplomatic history]] the Empire of Liberty has meant opposition to [[tyranny]] and [[totalitarianism]], especially in the [[Spanish American War]] (1898), [[World War I]], [[World War II]], the [[Cold War]] and the [[War on terrorism]].[[File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg|thumb|370px|[[Columbia]] (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the US Government) is blind. ''Judge'' magazine, Feb. 6, 1897]]  

The somewhat derogatory term '''American Empire''', meaning the [[United States]] and territories which it controls or influences, is often used to criticize the global influence of the United States and its political principles by implying that America has been engaged in a self-centered type of [[Imperialism]].  

The somewhat derogatory term '''American Empire''', meaning the [[United States]] and territories which it controls or influences, is often used to criticize the global influence of the United States and its political principles by implying that America has been engaged in a self-centered type of [[Imperialism]].  This is based off of the assumption that imperialism, or even a hypothetical scenario where the US controlled the world, is bad.

==Monroe Doctrine==

==Monroe Doctrine==