The March of the Flag

Beveridge believes that Americans are superior to pretty much all other nations in the world. He claims that America has the right to control the rest of the world because we are capable of governing others, and we have demonstrated this through the success of our own nation. He says that we are capable of governing those who can not govern themselves and that it is our right to do this regardless of how far they are from us. Beveridge says that God himself has blessed the American people. The book Johnny got his gun argues against this in some way. In the book Joe goes to war in order to preserve freedom and in some ways fight for democracy. However Joe had no idea why he was fighting and whether or not it was the right thing to do. So how can we take over a country when we do not know whether or not it is the right thing to do or whether or not it will actually help another nation. Beveridge believes that it will because we have everything straightened out however the book argues that we are so unaware of things around us that we are not able to help and we should not take over other nations.