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An 8 page research paper that explores the domestic impact of US foreign policy decisions from the time of the Spanish American war through the Vietnam years. The writer focuses on the effects of WWI, WWI and the Cold War and how specifically on how these decisions impacted the American people and American culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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did not intervene in the affairs of Europe or take an active role within the realm of international politics (Burns, 1969). However, beginning in 1898 with the Spanish American War,
this stance changed. This war through the US into the world arena and changed the course of US foreign policy. The following examination of American foreign policy, from the
time of the Spanish American War through the Vietnam years and the presidency of Richard Nixon, focuses specifically on how these decisions impacted the American people and American culture. Before
looking at how specific conflicts and foreign policy decisions impacted the American public, it is helpful to consider the overall perspective offered by Drew and Snow (1990). Drew and
Snow (1990) assert that there are four major criteria that determine whether or not a foreign conflict will earn the support of the American people. To the extent that an
objective of such a conflict violates one or more of these criteria, this violation is likely to lead to erosion of public support. First of all, the conflict must
have a good political objective that can be easily understood by everyone and, ideally, this objective should be reducible to a catch phrase or slogan that can serve as a
rallying cry (Drew and Snow, 1990). For example, "Remember the Maine" served this purpose during the Spanish American War. The second criterion is that the conflict should have a moral
or lofty purpose. The third factor is that the attainment of the conflicts objective should appear to be vital to the interests of the US, and the fourth factor is
that achieving the objectives of the conflict should be viewed as important to the majority of the American public (Drew and Snow, 1990). The Spanish American War did not
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