[legitster]

This is only partially true.

America got to design the western world order after WWII, but Europe was happy to give it the reins at the time. America setting the agenda was realistically the only way to get all these countries to agree.

The whole "American Imperialism" narrative only came about much later. In reality Europe got a great deal, most countries got to set their own agenda, and the USSR was contained.

[guiraldelli]

> The whole "American Imperialism" narrative only came about much later.

That is not true: Monroe Doctrine [1] was there before World War II. Actually, 120 years before.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine

[legitster]

In it's original form, the Monroe Doctrine was anti-imperial. It's tone changed during America's brief flirtation with empire at the turn of the century.

But the idea of a modern American Empire (Post-WW2) defined by Bretton Woods and NATO only makes sense of one doesn't have perspective on what empires were like before.

[verdverm]

The world order for after WW2 was designed before the war was over. Invasion plans were partially argued over based on what different countries wanted to ensure they controlled.

For example, Churchill wanted to go through the Baltic instead of Normandy so he could be sure Britain still controlled Greece