But then in the sunset decades of the nineteenth century, a momentous shift occurred in U.S. foreign policy. ... Strong trumpeted the superiority of Anglo-Saxon civilization and summoned Americans to spread their religion and their values to the "backward- people. ... The development of a new steel navy also focused attention overseas, during both centuries. (19th and 20th) captain Alfred Thayer Mahan's book of 1890, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, argued that control of the sea was the key to world dominance. ... Some anti-imperialists argued a moral position: it was ...

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