Similarly, the purpose of World War 2 was to destroy other industrialized nations so that the United States could dominate the very lucrative world economy once peace was reattained.
Just look at who the world powers were pre-World War, and after.
Just look at who the world powers were pre-World War, and after.
The idea was to allow Germany and Russia to slug it out, completely exhausting both countries.
See for example the views of Charles Lindbergh (search for Russia) : http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lindbergh/sfeature/fallen.html
America's strength is why the USD became the reserve currency of the world. Note that the Bretton Woods conference was held in 1944, before the war ended: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretton_Woods_system