POLI 1501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sussex Pledge, Dollar Diplomacy, Lend-Lease
26 Sep 2016
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Dollar diplomacy: wilson and the use of force coupled with ideals, 1909-1920 c. Idea is that during this period, us presidents focused american foreign policy to get us corporations to do more activity abroad. Idea was to promote economic activity in other countries using american foreign policy: wilson continues this dollar diplomacy, but also adds some things d. i. Wants to promote democratic governance, promote use of international organization amongst countries, particularly as a mechanism for resolving disputes among other countries. World war 1: neutrality and submarine warfare a. i. When war breaks out, us declares neutrality. a. ii. Us views this war as soley about territorial conflict a. iii. Some in us are concerned, that if we don"t get involved and the war lasts longer, our own commercial interests will be hurt if the war continues on a. iv. Other factors that cause us to want to go to war a. iv. 1. Brtain blockades germany from receiving food, etc a. iv. 3.
