One of the results of the war that furthered the economic chaos in Europe and eventually the U.S. was many European nations became debtors to vice creditors of the U.S. This economic shift greatly impacted the international economy and reduced the international market for U.S. goods. This is not to imply concerns over the post-war global market caused the great depression of the 1930s, but it certainly contributed. By the early 30s, things in Europe began to unravel from the previous treaty, none of the European ‘winners’ were capable of mounting any kind of resistance to the fascist rise in Germany, and the U.S. was mired in the worst crisis to capitalism in American history. This is the setting Franklin Roosevelt entered the world stage
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foreign policy up to December 1941. That is one which focused on the Western Hemisphere, although his policy was more balanced towards equal status among the nations, and remained at arm’s length at the outbreak of hostilities in Europe and Asia with the exception of economic benefit to the U.S. As with Wilson in the prior world war, Roosevelt eventually chose sides before actual entry into the war via the supply line. His proclamation that America was to be an “arsenal of democracy” indicated his belief in U.S. geopolitical isolation and wanted to be in a position to most effectively influence international order through U.S. technology and industry, but not with manpower. By the time the U.S. entered the war, Allied debt to the U.S., just as in the First World War, was …show more content…
public opinion on support for the past anti-communist doctrine. The Nixon Doctrine in foreign policy was one of sharing the load. The do anything at whatever cost foreign policy interventionist days of Kennedy and Johnson gave way to a policies of support and reducing the burden of the U.S. in providing assistance. Both Nixon and Carter searched for less costly alternatives to the old containment policies. For Nixon, his turning primary responsibility for the Viet Nam War over to the South Vietnamese was a failure as was his dependence on the Shah of Iran’s role in maintaining stability in
foreign policy up to December 1941. That is one which focused on the Western Hemisphere, although his policy was more balanced towards equal status among the nations, and remained at arm’s length at the outbreak of hostilities in Europe and Asia with the exception of economic benefit to the U.S. As with Wilson in the prior world war, Roosevelt eventually chose sides before actual entry into the war via the supply line. His proclamation that America was to be an “arsenal of democracy” indicated his belief in U.S. geopolitical isolation and wanted to be in a position to most effectively influence international order through U.S. technology and industry, but not with manpower. By the time the U.S. entered the war, Allied debt to the U.S., just as in the First World War, was …show more content…
public opinion on support for the past anti-communist doctrine. The Nixon Doctrine in foreign policy was one of sharing the load. The do anything at whatever cost foreign policy interventionist days of Kennedy and Johnson gave way to a policies of support and reducing the burden of the U.S. in providing assistance. Both Nixon and Carter searched for less costly alternatives to the old containment policies. For Nixon, his turning primary responsibility for the Viet Nam War over to the South Vietnamese was a failure as was his dependence on the Shah of Iran’s role in maintaining stability in