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This 5 page paper examines the American rationale for its involvement in the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the latest conflict—Iraq. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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its involvement in the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the latest conflict-Iraq. Discussion The rationale used to justify any of the conflicts
is extremely complex, and changes with each war. Though the situation is multi-layered, two events are generally considered to have led to U.S. intervention in the Spanish-American War. First, Enrique
Dupuy de L?me, the Spanish minister in Washington, wrote a letter "critical of President McKinley" (Trask, 2002). The letter fell into the hands of the "Cuban junta in New York,"
which published it (Trask, 2002). Dupuy de L?me was quickly recalled to Spain but the damage had been done; a few days later, the battleship Maine blew up in Havana,
killing 266 Americans (Trask, 2002). It was the sinking of the Maine that proved to be the catalyst for war (Trask, 2002). McKinley was opposed to military action, and ordered
an investigation of the sinking, as did Spain (Trask, 2002). The Spanish found that the ship had suffered an internal explosion, but the American investigation said the source of the
explosion was external (Trask, 2002). McKinley demanded that Spain grant Cuban independence but it refused, and moved to defend its overseas possessions; at that point McKinley sought and won
Congressional approval for armed intervention and in 1898 the Spanish-American War began (Trask, 2002). This is one of many conflicts that the U.S. should have avoided. The sinking of the
Maine is generally considered the beginning of the war, but as noted above, there is some doubt as to who actually sank the ship and why. The desire for revenge
appears to play a large part in the motivation for the war, as does the fact that the movement for independence in Cuba struck a chord with many Americans. Neither
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