———— thought the United States should apply its global power wherever and however it chose after WWII.————- however, believed America shouldn't flex its muscle abroad just because it could. Rather, he said that, at most, the US
should guide other countries toward "freedom from want.

After the success of the sputnik launch, the united states feared that they would never be able to launch their own satellite, the ussr had used technology developed by the united states, the soviets had superior nuclear capabilities, that any future us satellites would not be as successful.