CGS SS 101 Final: Introduction to Historical Sociology and the Social Sciences Notes - I got a 90% on the final exam!
8 Apr 2014
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Jsa lecture: us foreign policy- early years to 1940s. Francis fukuyama (johns hopkins university)2 directions (isolationism vs. spreading american ideal of freedom) American foreign policy has always been pulled in 2 directions. 1)toward a realist defense of national security defined in relatively narrow terms, and 2) toward an expansive sense of american purposes that rests directly on the exceptionalism of american institutions and the messianic belief in their universal applicability . For first 120 years of american independence, the narrow focus was dominant. Us defined its national security interests in narrow terms- attempted to develop realistic policies for protecting those interest. In late 18 and early 19th century, us struggled, to avoid being caught up in wars of french rev and. George washington warned american ppl in 1796 to steer clear of entangling alliances . Issuance of monroe doctrine in 1823 was intended principally to separate the us and its neighbors to south, from powers across the atlantic.
