IMHO, the Dutch arc is definitely a more sound comparison. Albeit, as you say, with the military force of the British. The key difference with the post-WWII ec

IMHO, the Dutch arc is definitely a more sound comparison. Albeit, as you say, with the military force of the British. The key difference with the post-WWII economic world order was that the US generally tried to ensure that everyone else got theirs. Granted, the US got more, but there was insight that a global economy that benefited all was more stable than a system that left powerful economies outside, with an incentive to topple it.