[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.