The US was far from consistent or perfect in this process, sometime to murderous effect in places like Vietnam. But its steadfast defense of an international system that was more mutually beneficial than any that had preceded it ushered in seven decades of the greatest innovation, growth, and improvement our species has ever known.
美国在此过程中还远未做到持续或完美，有时甚至在越南等国家带来了灾难。但其对前所未有的互惠互利国际体系的坚定捍卫带来了迄今为止最伟大的创新、增长和改善，而这种积极的进展已经持续了长达70年。