It shows that the war resulted in a new illusion of omnipotence."In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed, America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence" Barbara Tuchman
<span>He states that the ideals of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence are only shared amongst the white people and not the African Americans. He also states that the fourth of July has no meaning to those that are still in slavery.</span>