By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had most of the money. America's hegemony lasted exactly five years.
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Gore Vidal was a 20th-century American writer. Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Money — Thoughts on wealth, value, and material pursuits