To be perfectly fair, the US abandoned its imperialistic ideals BEFORE WWI. After the brief spurt that netted us the Phillipines and other terretories the US abandoned any pretenses to imperialism and only retained those terretories that allowed it to project naval strength into the Pacific, an area that was already being challenged by Japan. Indeed, the Phillipines were set for independence BEFORE WWII, but the war got in the way and delayed the process...It has happened post WWII. Before that, France was a colonial empire bent on dominating what parts of the world it could. The USA was trying to do the same, but all the good spots were already taken. The same holds for Germany except for the time that they spent recovering from WWI.
Damon.
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