The emergence of war ushered a new age of American supremacy and domination within the field of economic power and strong global influence. The United States rose from a mid-level world power to become the free world’s leader as a result of World War II. The United States had to take on new duties as a result of its fast growth in strength and influence, heralding the start of the American domination. In this paper, focus and emphasis on how the activity of war has been pursued and continuously pursued by the United States to advance its goals and interests, specifically on global domination is studied and given clarity. This research has taken a critical appraisal of the different factors that served in the propagation of Americas global power which stems from its participation in the historical wars that are presented in this research. Specifically, the use of military force by the United States Government for fostering superiority and international power as well as in hum
anitarian intervention is discussed in this paper. Declaration and pursuit of war is justified when it is justice-motivatedupholding of human rights. Relatively, there are many reasons for when it could be justified, however, this study is only limited to the latter. Furthermore, this research will discuss how the United States uses humanitarian intervention to pursue implausible goals. The presence of United States military forces is also cited as evidence of America’s imperialism and it is regarded as well, as the use of hegemony as Americas hard power to establish global dominance. Discussion on how America used war to acquire superpower is explained together with how the USAs economy will fall without the presence of war. With the limited studies that are available concerning the subject matter, this research is created in hopes of contributing to the related studies needed and in supplication of enlightenment and essential knowledge for the benefit of future researchers.