>If you think of maintaining global order as helping to maintain that lead Except I wouldn't think of it that way. I don't think that's the correct interpretat

>If you think of maintaining global order as helping to maintain that lead Except I wouldn't think of it that way. I don't think that's the correct interpretation. I think maintaining global order means you live in the world you want to live in. Americans wanted to spread American ideals of Democracy, free speech and free enterprise. Soviet Union wanted to spread Soviet ideals. I think that's as simple as that.