THE VANDERBILT HISTORICAL REVIEW

Laura Grove – Pulitzer-prize winning writer Bret Stephens’s recent novel Since its conception, the United States has not only profoundly developed and flourished, but also grown in its influence and sway on an international level. The world has become Pax Americana; the ideals of the United States have, because of its prominence, spread around the world and helped maintain international peace. However, many believe that America’s dominant position in the world is deterioratin