Global Context
The idea of non-intervention was put forth by the right of self-defense, and has been cherished by starting nations to resist intrusions by stronger counterparts. This was the case for the U.S. when they left Great Britain. The nonintervention doctrine serves three major purposes that have been used as a guideline for US policy. The first idea of nonintervention came from President George Washington in his farewell address in 1796 (“Our Documents- Monroe Doctrine (1823)”, 2017). He believed that the United States should have no entanglement of alliances, meaning that we should not be entangled with European affairs. The second was even if the U.S. wished to help colonies in Latin American become independent states from European …show more content…
While this was idle threat it was to be taken seriously (“Our Documents- Monroe Doctrine (1823)”, 2017). Non-intervention also put pressure the U.S. as a democratic country because political leaders are dependent on the support of elected officials and the publics opinion. Policies are easier to defend as moral principles compared to the bargaining games that occur in political power games (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). An exception to non-interventionist polices was the Olney Corollary of 1895 that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in any situation between an American and non-American power that posed a threat to the security of the U.S. (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). In 1904 under the Roosevelt Corollary the U.S. took on the role as the policeman of the Western Hemisphere, and took on this obligation because of the Monroe Doctrine that prevented other powers from intervening with conflicts in the Western Hemisphere (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). The Roosevelt Corollary was to be used as a last result to warrant that other nations would not intervene in Western Hemisphere related issues, during this time Venezuela and European powers were at odds. The Roosevelt Corollary worked in practice, but the U.S. progressively used military force to keep stability …show more content…
was desperately trying to stay out of. The U.S. was unwilling to engage in foreign affairs much of which stemmed from Washington’s Farewell address as well as in Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural address when he called for,” ‘friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (Johnstone, 2011). The founding fathers wanting the U.S. to avoid affairs with Europe and emphasize its relationship with Latin America and Asia, this was reiterated when the US became involved in World War I followed by the U.S. rejection of the League of Nations (Johnstone,
The idea of non-intervention was put forth by the right of self-defense, and has been cherished by starting nations to resist intrusions by stronger counterparts. This was the case for the U.S. when they left Great Britain. The nonintervention doctrine serves three major purposes that have been used as a guideline for US policy. The first idea of nonintervention came from President George Washington in his farewell address in 1796 (“Our Documents- Monroe Doctrine (1823)”, 2017). He believed that the United States should have no entanglement of alliances, meaning that we should not be entangled with European affairs. The second was even if the U.S. wished to help colonies in Latin American become independent states from European …show more content…
While this was idle threat it was to be taken seriously (“Our Documents- Monroe Doctrine (1823)”, 2017). Non-intervention also put pressure the U.S. as a democratic country because political leaders are dependent on the support of elected officials and the publics opinion. Policies are easier to defend as moral principles compared to the bargaining games that occur in political power games (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). An exception to non-interventionist polices was the Olney Corollary of 1895 that gave the U.S. the right to intervene in any situation between an American and non-American power that posed a threat to the security of the U.S. (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). In 1904 under the Roosevelt Corollary the U.S. took on the role as the policeman of the Western Hemisphere, and took on this obligation because of the Monroe Doctrine that prevented other powers from intervening with conflicts in the Western Hemisphere (The Policy Doctrines- Intervention and Nonintervention”, 2017). The Roosevelt Corollary was to be used as a last result to warrant that other nations would not intervene in Western Hemisphere related issues, during this time Venezuela and European powers were at odds. The Roosevelt Corollary worked in practice, but the U.S. progressively used military force to keep stability …show more content…
was desperately trying to stay out of. The U.S. was unwilling to engage in foreign affairs much of which stemmed from Washington’s Farewell address as well as in Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural address when he called for,” ‘friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” (Johnstone, 2011). The founding fathers wanting the U.S. to avoid affairs with Europe and emphasize its relationship with Latin America and Asia, this was reiterated when the US became involved in World War I followed by the U.S. rejection of the League of Nations (Johnstone,