Post WW II you recite was anomalie. It was not the normal condition. It was but a passing blip on the historical timeline.
Normalization is currently in flux, meaning there is no true normal.
Events in the mideast and possibly the South China Sea are candidates for the next normalization disruption.
Every friggin' American had an ego equal to Donald Trump and we by God foisted it upon the entire world ... and they feared/respected us and clamored to BE one of us.
The NEA kicked in full tilt to infect and destroy the American identity from the minds of our children and 10 years later, Viet Nam worked MIGHTILY to deprive us of our favorite sons
NO war ever was "fought" like Viet Nam ... they sent our guys into ambush's (I believe, with no proof) intentionally
They played "Jacob's Ladder" with our guys and turned them on to the best reefer at the time
We came out of Viet Nam a muddled and essentially neutered mess ... and THAT was the weakened condition "they" worked on so that now we have warriors agreeing to ROE designed to get them killed, coming home and seeing the madness all around them .... kill themselves