i dont think the confederacy has anything to do with it. while its true british interests did lie within the souths cotton industry, they where quickly dissuaded in supporting them and the indian textiles industry made the point quickly irrelevant. britain did supply the confederacy, but debate was split throughout the country on who to support. there may have been some hostility in some american brass towards the british during ww1, but i seriously doubt it was a primary motivating factor. the primary motivating factor is almost always money, and the us being able to dominate through the erosion of european empire was for money. remember, france germany (ww1 at least) and japan got as fucked as we did. and america hasnt had the aim to destroy us, they always needed european trade and allies to prop up their empire, if they wanted to destroy us they could have easily done so at many points. they wanted to erode our position so they could fill the void.
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