PSCI 4820.

003 American Foreign Policy

Goals of American Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective
Andrew J. Enterline
ajenter@unt.edu

Department of Political Science University of North Texas Denton, Texas 76203 September 14, 2006

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Dueling Perspectives

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Dueling Perspectives Isolationism vs. Internationalism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Dueling Perspectives Isolationism vs. Internationalism Idealism vs. Realism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Thomas Jefferson

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Thomas Jefferson
stay out of European affairs

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Thomas Jefferson
stay out of European affairs sign trade agreements

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Thomas Jefferson
stay out of European affairs sign trade agreements do not compete with European powers

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Thomas Jefferson
stay out of European affairs sign trade agreements do not compete with European powers later impact of role on Jefferson

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Alexander Hamilton

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Alexander Hamilton
realist perspective of human nature

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Alexander Hamilton
realist perspective of human nature states always clash over wealth and glory

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Alexander Hamilton
realist perspective of human nature states always clash over wealth and glory America should aspire to capabilities that will enable it to compete

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Isolationism vs. Interventionism Alexander Hamilton
realist perspective of human nature states always clash over wealth and glory America should aspire to capabilities that will enable it to compete tting death?

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

from passive to active role

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

from passive to active role from beacon to promoter

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

from passive to active role from beacon to promoter

Pragmatism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

from passive to active role from beacon to promoter

Pragmatism
interstate crises

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Manifest Destiny
American destined to expand westward

Monroe Doctrine (1823)

reaction to European colonialism in the western hemisphere

Emergence of liberalism (promotion of liberty) in AFP

from passive to active role from beacon to promoter

Pragmatism
interstate crises American unilateralism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)
the pull of intervention

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)
the pull of intervention

Open Door Policy (China 1900)

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)
the pull of intervention

Open Door Policy (China 1900) Roosevelt Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)
the pull of intervention

Open Door Policy (China 1900) Roosevelt Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine
opposing Latin American revolutions

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Spanish American War (1898)
the pull of intervention

Open Door Policy (China 1900) Roosevelt Corollary (1904) to the Monroe Doctrine
opposing Latin American revolutions managing economic affairs in the region

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy
expansion of American business interests in Latin America

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy
expansion of American business interests in Latin America

Wilson

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy
expansion of American business interests in Latin America

Wilson
continued intervention

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy
expansion of American business interests in Latin America

Wilson
continued intervention WWI

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Dollar Diplomacy
expansion of American business interests in Latin America

Wilson
continued intervention WWI Wilsonianism: morality, intervention, democracy

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Return to isolationism in post-WWI period

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Return to isolationism in post-WWI period
KelloggBriand Pact (1928)

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Return to isolationism in post-WWI period
KelloggBriand Pact (1928)

Prelude to WWII

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Sources of American Foreign Policy

Underlying Themes Imperialism & Interventionism Return to isolationism in post-WWI period
KelloggBriand Pact (1928)

Prelude to WWII Cold War

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