"Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. " |
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"Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remain the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none." |
The United States, from the Barbary wars to the war in Afghanistan, has consistently been militarily involved in foreign nations (The_Macallan). All U.S. military interventions are not declared wars. In fact, the United States has only officially declared war 11 times in its history ("All the Previous Declarations").
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Example of a declaration of war (America's Declaration of War).
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"The Atlantic Charter"
source-(The Atlantic Charter.MP4)
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"The Atlantic Charter War Aims": The Atlantic Charter developed by FDR and Winston Churchill stated that they would "Protect the sovereign rights, Self Government, access to equal terms to trade and raw materials". F.D.R accepted the responsibility for securing these rights as a focus of World War II and beyond. (The Atlantic Charter.MP4).
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Copy of the Atlantic Charter, which was issued to the press (The Atlantic Charter August).
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Timeline of US interventions Post WWII
Dates used are from source (Loraine)
The United States in its history has been involved in a plethora of military conflicts. Three time periods that exemplify U.S. intervention to protect the human, democratic, and economic rights of nations are the Cold War era, the Post-Cold War era, and post 9/11 era.
Why do We Intervene in Foreign Nations?
U.S. Politicians on Intervention
(Why We Fight: Part).
