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How the Monroe Doctrine Turned into American Imperialism
When President James Monroe issued his Monroe Doctrine in 1823, he intended it to keep European colonial powers from dominating Latin American peoples or interfering in their political affairs. President Theodore Roosevelt’s Corollary to the doctrine eight decades later, however, turned Monroe’s foreign policy legacy into a weapon of American colonialism, which still sours American relations with Latin America.
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David Moniac: West Point’s First American Indian Graduate
David Moniac graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1822. He was the academy’s first American Indian graduate and the first graduate from the state of Alabama. He lived as a civilian and died a soldier.
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How Harry Truman Sold the Truman Doctrine and Changed American Foreign Policy
President Harry Truman transformed the scope of America’s foreign policy through superb salesmanship, laden with emotional appeals to the nation’s sense of moral responsibility and collective ego. His speech to Congress, in 1947, urging aid to Greece and Turkey, subtly but sweepingly, shifted American foreign policy to one of interventionism and launched the country into the Cold War.
