Between 1917 and 1941 the United States (US) pursued a foreign policy based on the doctrine of isolationism as the nation refused to become involved in entangling alliances and world affairs. This policy would crumble after the nation entered WWII despite the best efforts of isolationists. By entering and winning WWII the US asserted its claim to being the dominant nation on the globe. Despite the fact they had been the strongest nation prior to WWII; their policy of isolationism hindered them from accepting their position of power. During the era America failed to exert the political and economic control it possessed because isolationism created a false belief that the US could be powerful and simultaneously absent from world affairs.

Following the conclusion of WWI the United States sought to establish a lasting peace without giving up any of their own sovereignty. After the Congress defeated the Treaty of Versailles...