A paradox is a statement which contradicts itself, or appears to contradict itself. The sentence which you have presented in bold face--"Paradoxically, American influence will be great in proportion to the modesty in our conduct"--suggests that one would expect American influence to derive from immodest behavior, such as perhaps aggressiveness or bold self-assertion, but that the author is saying that an American response can only be influential if it is not of that character, but rather, if it is modest.
A paradox is only implicit if one assume that one can always expect the United States to respond to global matters in a loud, aggressive, abrasive manner--which it appears the author takes for granted. I have no comment on that. Bretton Woods refers to the United Nations monetary management conference in 1944.
Quote:A paradox is only implicit if one assume that one can always expect the United States to respond to global matters in a loud, aggressive, abrasive manner--which it appears the author takes for granted
I don't think that the author took it for granted that the US "always does so", Set.
He/she said,
"we need to modify the righteousness that has characterized
too many American attitudes".
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