1 Article Analysis Assignment (Please do not adjust the design, font, or formatting of this assignment sheet.) Name: Madison Hayden Please Provide the Reading # (i.e., #1a): #11a Author’s Thesis or Purpose (Do not exceed 75 words): Key Supporting Points and/or Evidence (that the author makes or uses to support his or her argument or achieve his or her objective) (Do not exceed 150 words):The author’s thesis was, “Yet the capacity of the U.S. to assume the roles of hegemon, balancer, and container depended on more than its wealth and strength; the success of the U.S. also depended on the appeal of its ideology, the vitality of its institutions, and the attractiveness of its culture of mass consumption-what many scholars nowadays call "soft power". His purpose was to make it evident that the U.S. was an effective hegemon.
