Similarly, those who speak of American hegemony after 1945 fail to note that the Soviet Union balanced US military power for more than four decades. Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.
类似地，说美国在1945年后拥有霸权的人没有注意到苏联在四十多年的时间里都在制衡美国的军事实力。尽管美国拥有无与伦比的经济实力，但其政治和军事腾挪空间因为苏联的力量而大受限制。