Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization

The roots of American globalization can be found in the War of 1898. Then, as today, the United States actively engaged in globalizing its economic order, its political institutions, and its values. Thomas Schoonover argues that this drive to expand political and cultural reach-the quest for wealth, missionary fulfillment, security, power, and prestige-was inherited by the United States from Europe, especially Spain and Great Britain.