During the early 30s America’s foreign policy began to change. President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that war was unavoidable so even though America was neutral, he began to make preparation for a war. Franklin D. Roosevelt began to build up the military and to recruit people for the long expected war. During the next few years, changes were made to the Foreign Policy. One of the changes is that America began the Lend Lease Act which rented military weapons to Britain and later the Soviet Union and China.
Brian Bauersfeld Book Review of: The Massacre at El Mozote The Massacre at El Mozote is a brilliant piece of writing that illustrates mankind’s brutal way of life, and the recklessness of Latin American countries, while questioning the United States’ lack of intervention during the end of the Cold War. Mark Danner’s first addition of The Massacre at El Mozote was published in the United States by Vintage Books in 1994 and it consists of 304 pages costing $15.00. This book takes the reader through the reasoning, planning, killings, and aftermath of the destruction of Salvadorian civilians, hamlets, and cities by Salvadorian army forces. The book demonstrates in detail the multitude and severity of the killings along with eyewitness accounts of the killings from survivors at El Mozote. Danner worked to illustrate the story from a variety of viewpoints, including how the United States came into the picture, how the guerilla rebel forces reacted to the mass killings of civilians by the Salvadorian army, along with how all of these relationships interacted with one other.
I especially enjoyed his analysis on the vigilantes and in particular the American Protective League (APL) which is a fairly significant picture of the state of affairs within our country and moreover, the lack of control the government had against the people. The “conspiracy theorist” inside of me has always believed in false flag terror, citizen spies and inside jobs and the existence of the APL was complete confirmation for me. While most would argue that these types of organizations couldn’t exist today, Kennedy opens the door to this type of behavior, which seems illegal in its very fibers. As discussed last week, this time period was rich with reform and political parties were eager to trump the other in any way possible. In Over Here, Kennedy touches on the elites pulling the strings behind the scenes spreading political influence and propaganda along the way.
Propaganda was used in World War One as in any other war and the truth suffered. Propaganda ensured the government put out information that only the government wanted people to know about. The government wanted everyone to think the way they wanted them to think and controlled all forms of media.. Propaganda during the World Wars was used to increase support for the war and commitment to Allied victory. Using a wide variety of media, that included music, silent films, and radio, propagandists implied hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies.
Here are some highlights of his more memorable dealings while in office. JFK was prepared to make major changes to U.S. foreign policy. One major change was formed in regards to Third World Countries. He thought that it was the duty of the United States not only to help the Third World economically but also to spread democracy to its countries. To complete his vision, Kennedy created the Peace Corps in 1962 that sent U.S. volunteers to assist communities in need living in Third World Countries.
This party is known as the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front(FMLN) that was supported my Communist states. The government of El Salvador was supported by the United States in hopes of preventing the spread of Communism in Central America. The U.S. sent supplies to El Salvador to support the government and later in 1990 the United States began to help the government. Two years later in 1992 Peace Accords were signed with the guerilla forces in Chapultepec,Mexico ended the civil war. In a similar fashion, before the civil war El Salvador went in four day conflict with Honduras in 1969.
On April 11, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed his nation due to the aggrandizement of steel prices the previous day. President Kennedy wants to unify his country and bring out the patriotism in his fellow Americans during a time of war and crisis, this can all be summed up in his most famous quote, "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country." He adopts a disapproving tone in order to captivate his Americans. President Kennedy uses the rhetorical appeals pathos and logos, while also using a formal diction and long sentences. Kennedy begins his address to the nation with his disapproval of the "leading steel corporations" and their "unjustifiable and irresponsible"
“In the 1990s, President Ernesto Zedillo formed a new, pure force to fight drugs and had them trained by the United States”. The valiant effort by the President is great idea but it counteracts the efforts instead. It back fires as the trained personnel joined the cartel for better pay. This a desperate effort of the government to show
While Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all had the same same Cold War intention of ending communism, their ways of achieving their goal were different.The Cold War was an angry dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union about whether we should spread or contain communism (Ayres 817). According to Edward Ayres in American Anthem: Reconstruction to the Present all three Presidents used some form of Economic Aid, how we help other countries financially; Military Aid, how we help other countries’ militaries; and finally, Military Use, how we utilise our military (Ayres 817). Their end goal was to completely contain, or confine communism(Truman).
In response to the bombing of Japan, the Soviet Union and Communist China developed their own nuclear weapons. This marked the beginning of the Cold War, the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United Sates was due to the fact that both countries wanted to become the sole superpower of the world, and they also disagreed on what the world should look like postwar. The Cold War lasted for several years and had many period of heightened tension such as the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. World War II impacted America in many ways the GI Bill helped stimulate the economy which led to development and expansion into the west. Due to the financial securities family sizes increased and gave us the baby boom era.