<span>an alarming development since it has called for the destruction of israel.</span>
Some of the arguments used to support US expansion and manifest destiny were: European examples, new markets and access to vast natural resources. Because of the US massive industrial expansion and production, US industries needed new markets to sell their goods to and they need access to more natural resources to ensure the continued production. The US expanded its inluences into Alaska, the Pacific (Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, and the Philippines), Latin America and Asia (China and Japan)
Three of the things the Marshall Plan was designed to do were to stabilize war-town Europe, prevent the rise of communist states, and prevent the rise of violent dictators.
Answer: Nicollo Machiavelli
Explanation: renaissance thinker. Machiavelli is not a medieval political thinker (as Dante Alighieri in his "Monarchy") anymore. His political thougths do not refer to metaphysical, divine realm. His political thought takes place in profane, secular realm.