By the late 1890s, the United States had recovered from the internal turmoil of the Civil War and was in the midst of the Second Industrial Revolution, blanketing the country with railroads and steelworks. America emerged as the world's industrial leader with the largest manufacturing output, ahead even of Great Britain. Along with economic growth, the United States grew dramatically in population, adding 12 million new citizens from 1880 (50,189,209 people) to 1890 (62,979,766 people) and then another 14 million by 1900 (76,212,168 people ), totaling the fourth largest population in the world. , the United States gradually emerged from its shell of isolationism, first annexing the island kingdom of Hawaii in 1890. A tense succession of events: Spanish General Weyler's polarizing brutality in Cuba, the leak of a letter written by du Lome (the Spanish minister to Cuba) (the United States) which flogged President William McKinley, and finally the alleged Spanish sinking of the U.S.S. Maine – brought the United States and Spain into the Spanish American War in 1898. Although inexperienced and out of shape with foreign fighting, the United States quickly defeated the Spanish in both Cuba and the Philippines. Gaining Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico from its victory, the United States became an overseas empire at the dawn of the 20th century. In contrast to European accusations of American hypocrisy toward empires, the majority of the American public enthusiastically supported American expansionism. As a result, by 1899, the United States had strong economic and popular support for a potential war. It possessed immense infrastructure and industrial capacity, with numerous transcontinental railways allowing for cross-country transportation of raw materials and products... half of paper... ez Canal into the Mediterranean. So, offensively, I suggest that the Allies pursue a two-pronged attack on Austria to bring down the Central European power and divide the Entente into France, Spain and Brazil in the west and Russia, Scandinavia and the Ottomans in the east . While Italy defends itself from France and Austria, it will protect the Suez Canal and allow Japanese troops to attack Austria in the south from the Mediterranean, while the German Federation will direct its troops from the north. Subsequently, the Allies will direct their forces equally between the West and Austria. Oriental theatres. Finally, as a general principle, Allied powers should always consider peaceful negotiations as the first option before further military action or aggression. Diplomacy should be the first choice, supported by military force only if absolutely necessary.