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Foreign Policy - Coggle Diagram
Foreign Policy
Interventionism
Post WW2, US adopted an interventionist policy -> They became directly involved in international affairs
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Gave financial aid to struggling countries in Europe, set up NATO, and set up the UN
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US was not only non-isolationist, but heavily influencing world affairs
Isolationism
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19th Century
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In 1863, Napoleon asked US to help fight uprising in Poland -> US said no
First significant point of US interventionism was in the Spanish-American war -> US occupied and controlled the Philippines
20th Century
Theo Roosevelt admin is credited with inciting the Panamanian Revolt against Colombia to secure construction rights to the Panama canal, 1904
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Between the World Wars
In the wake of WW1, US non-interventionism sentiment at its height
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They were interested in foreign affairs but wanted to be able to act on foreign policy as they pleased
Unwilling to commit to League of Nations, created its own treaties to show commitment to international peace
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The Cold War
Containment
Truman's containment policy was the first major policy during the cold war as a means to prevent the spread of communism
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Vietnam
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They thought that if one country in a region fell to communism, then the rest would follow
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This heavily divided the US, as they lost 58 000 soldiers and billions of dollars
The Cold War was also punctuated by periods of reconciliation, like the summits the US and Soviet leaders went on the discuss the issues at hand
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