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Pro-Americanism (also called pro-American sentiment and Americophilia) describes support, love, or admiration for the United States, its government and economic system, its foreign policy, the American people, and/or American culture, typically on the part of people who are not American citizens or otherwise living outside of the United States.
An American poster with a patriotic theme (1917), issued by the U.S. Food Administration during World War I A patriotic World War I United States Army recruitment poster (1917) The notions of civic virtue and group dedication can be found in cultures globally throughout history.
The historian William H. McNeill argued that the United States saw itself as "one of a family of peoples and nations" making a history apart from the European civilization of their colonization. [4] The United States Constitution is an expression of Americans diverging from colonial rule, according to this viewpoint.
Most won't see combat. Today, women make up almost 15 percent of active-duty members in the U.S. military, which has remained steady since 2000, according to 2013 Department of Defense data. Two West Point Cadets made history earlier this year when they became the first women to graduate from Army Ranger School.
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
The United States military, diplomats, intelligence agencies, and foreign aid have been used to protect democratic regimes in many countries, including many Allies of World War II, First World democracies during the Cold War, and Israel. In its regime change activities, it has also brought democracy to many countries, sometimes by force.
Last year, Nepal's GDP per capita was just $622.50, also lower than most countries in the world, the nation's Maoist leadership is currently working towards forming a unified government to hold ...
The United States also developed the Global Positioning System, which is the world's pre-eminent satellite navigation system. [150] U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin saluting the flag on the Moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. The United States is the only country that has sent crewed missions to the lunar surface.