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In nine pages this paper examines how United States domestic and foreign policies evolved from its involvement in the First World War until its entry into Vietnam. Fifteen sources are listed in the bibliography.
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is justified. It is this supreme confidence that enabled a group of colonies to form a single country that became even stronger after the Civil War nearly tore it
apart. By the twentieth century, a period of domestic calm, regional expansionism, and economic success allowed the United States to grow in international prominence. With this growth, there
would be serious tests along the way - two world wars, a Great Depression, a Cold War, a missile crisis, and involvement in foreign governments. With the addition of
nuclear weapons into a complex global equation and a growing arms race, the definition of world peace changed in ideology and in practice. The United States had to develop
policies that could readily adapt to these changes to protect its own interests at home and abroad. A half-century learning curve from World War I until the Vietnam War
taught American leaders that maintaining a balance of power also meant maintaining a balance between enforcing peace through pacifying rhetoric and by aggressive military might. World War I: Exceptionalism and
Wilsonianism By 1917, the Civil War as a distant memory, and the majority of Americans were enjoying an economic boon they hoped to increase through increased trade.
According to Perlmutter (1997), "The idea of American exceptionalism was a product of the American experience" (p. 31). There was a collective sense that the government should allow free
trade to flourish free of federal restrictions. This capitalist interpretation of exceptionalism lent itself to the concept of the American Dream - that anything could be achieved through hard
work and a desire to succeed. When former Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson became President, he envisioned a "new world order" that would replace the existing balance of power
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