POLI 304 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Liberal Democracy, Appeasement, Double Negative
28 Feb 2016
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Before wwi, foreign affairs were conducted almost exclusively by the executive: the legislature of many countries were not informed nor included in foreign, the us is a special case, an exception. Us congress had constitutional right to advise and be consulted in declaring war and in ratifying treaties. world affairs. Before wwi, american foreign policy was highly isolationist. Only in 1917 did the american constitutional system became involved in the conduct of. During wwii, the us and british governments had to make the choice between total victory with unconditional surrender and negotiate settlements whose end was reconciliation: to arm or not arm, to intervene or withdraw. The issues are so momentous that public feeling quickly becomes attached to it. Since 1917, the most popular answer in democracies was a no: everything connected to war was dangerous, painful, disagreeable, and exhausting. The painful truth is that public opinion has been destructively wrong at critical moments.
