A Blanc Check for Intervention - the Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine and Its Significance in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
A Blanc Check for Intervention - the Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine and Its Significance in Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy

Author: Michael Schmid

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2007-12

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 3638753956

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Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,3, Indiana University (Political Science Department), course: American Political Traditions, 13 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The Monroe Doctrine will be 200 years old in 2023 and the world of today could not be more different than from the conditions of the world in which president James Monroe gave his speech, which would become so famous and significant for the direction of U.S. foreign policy. Yet the policies of the Monroe Doctrine are still very much alive. Especially after president Theodore Roosevelt announced the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine in 1904 America's path of becoming a major player in world affairs with arbitrary power was paved for them. The argument of this paper is that the document known today as the Monroe Doctrine started out as a simple but efficient and bold proclamation, which dealt with the problems of its time and has been transformed into a tool for global involvement. Originally it attempts to keep Europeans out of the New World but it does not attack the already existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere. Over time various presidents altered this original phrasing. One of the more important examples of this tradition is Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the doctrine, which will serve as an illustration to outline the main argument. Roosevelt turned the meaning of the doctrine around and went from noninterference to active responsibility by the United States to intervene anywhere in the Western Hemisphere where chaos and violence ruled. Still limited on the Western Hemisphere and whatever was defined to fit into this category Roosevelt's definition of the "international police power" soon became just that. The United States would enter two World Wars on the basic justification that they were restoring order and justice and were only acting out of self-defense reasons. After World War II

The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine

Author: Robert M. Hamilton

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2016-07-16

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1508149453

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American foreign policy has been shaped for almost 200 years by the words of President James Monroe. What did Monroe's words mean, and how did they create a uniquely American foreign policy? Readers find the answers to these questions and many more as they explore the major points of the Monroe Doctrine. They also discover the historical circumstances that influenced the Monroe Doctrine, as well as the actions taken throughout American history because of it. The detailed text supports common social studies curriculum topics, and it's paired with exciting historical images and informative primary sources.

Intervention and Dollar Diplomacy in the Caribbean, 1900-1921
Intervention and Dollar Diplomacy in the Caribbean, 1900-1921

Author: Dana Gardner Munro

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 1400877857

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The commonly held view that the interests of American business dominated U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean during the early part of this century is challenged by Dana G. Munro, prominent scholar and former State Department official. He argues that the basic purpose of U.S. policy was to create in Latin America political and economic stability so that disorder and failure to meet foreign obligations there would not imperil the security of the United States. The U.S. government increasingly intervened in the internal affairs of the Central American and West Indian republics when it felt that their stability was threatened. This policy culminated in the military occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and varying degrees of control in other countries. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine

Author: Michael Burgan

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780756520281

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Explains the history and meaning behind the Monroe Doctrine, which rejected European attempts to establish new colonies in the Americas.