James Monroe beleived that the United States should not become involved in European affairs because of the weakness of the US. They didn’t want to get involved in foreign affairs because they did not have the resources to deal with war if war should come. They decided that it was better to not get involved than to get involved and not be able to deal with the situation. This belief resulted in the Monroe Doctrine. In my opinion, the Monroe Doctrine is not still used in the United States.
The citizens do not get the appropriate health care either because they do not have access to experienced doctor's from other countries. North Korea is another great example for why the United States should not follow the Monroe Doctrine. The United States does sometimes have moral obligation to help countries. If citizens see bad things happening in other countries and feel that the US should try to help, they will try
McNamara’s advice to withdraw military personnel prior the coup was no longer an option as instability in Vietnam posed a threat to national security. Although McNamara concedes the conflict was a civil war, he presses the importance of understanding the conflict as an element of the Cold War. Out of fear for further spread of communist interest, the US began to unilaterally support South Vietnam militarily. McNamara however argues that had the US been more able to empathize with and to better understand the Vietnamese, large-scale military intervention could have been avoided. America’s duty to act where others can not or will not stems from McNamara’s belief that there’s something beyond oneself.
It is imperative to understand the factors which influenced President Nixon’s strategies and decision making during the Vietnam War. Nixon operated in a political context in which the policy-making establishment and the public were pessimistic towards a favourable outcome in Vietnam. Kimball (1998), argues that Nixon’s strategies were born out of restraint, rather than authoritative freedom. Nixon was walking a political tightrope to maintain the status quo between the ‘hawk’ advocates and the ‘dove’ pacifists. “Nixon realised there was both an influential right-wing alliance in favour of the war and a heterogeneous liberal, pacifist, and leftist coalition in opposition…He looked at American national
But America was not ready to go to War.America started to Imperialize other countries.America wanted power. One
Opponents say that the Americans only purpose for entering the gulf war was to protect its access to gulf oil. They accuse the country of not standing by the democratic ideals that it says it adheres to. Critics bring up the fact that the United States government supports dictators in smaller countries to further its objectives. D’Souza argues that American domination is much different than previous empires in that we do not sustain this with force. He asserts that Americas influence is the source of its power.
Dalton is afraid that Americans are blinded from reality because they are given false hope of achieving the American Dream. Despite Brooks and Daltons polar approaches in viewing the American Dream, the idea within both arguments can be similar. Brooks’ view of time differs from Dalton’s in which Brooks’ view of the American Dream is from the vantage point of the future, while Dalton is concerned with the issues in America today. Dalton believes that it is impossible to eventually reach the American Dream because of issues like racism and social class. He thinks that it is impossible to progress with the ideas of racism and social class, and that we can’t move forward until these issues are neutralized.
Americans remembered with hostility the fervor of World War I propaganda efforts, which were later regarded as violating basic rights as well as conveying misinformation. At first, the government was reluctant to engage in propaganda campaigns, but pressure from the media, the business sector and advertisers who wanted direction persuaded the government to take an active role. Regardless, the government insisted that its actions were not propaganda, but a means of providing information. These efforts were slowly and haphazardly formed into a more unified propaganda effort, although never to the level of World War I. President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Office of War Information (OWI) in 1942.
With this back ground, the Monroe Doctrine was proposed. It was consists of three fundamental principles, that is, firstly, the Western Hemisphere was not to be further colonized by European countries. Secondly, non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. Thirdly, “to leave America for the Americans”. The primary objective of this doctrine was just to free the newly independent colonies of Latin America from European intervention and control, and it was largely disregarded intentionally, because America was not powerful enough at that time.
Despite one of its main purpose being to prevent the outbreak of war, it was useless and did nothing to prevent the outbreak of World War 2. This was due to it having no military force of its own. America, one of the major powers, did not support it. France and Britain the other major powers also did nothing to stop. The League did nothing except protest against Germany’s past aggressive behavior and Japan and Mussolini’s invasion.