How much does the idea of the “American Century” owe to the notion of the “American Empire”?
In 1938, Time publisher Henry Luce coined the term the ‘American century’ to refer to America’s influence over the world in the 20th century. This was done during the beginning of World War II in which Luce urged America to defend democracy in an influential editorial of the ‘Time’. America’s foreign policies still today are based on the idea of spreading democracy in the other less powerful countries. (more…)
