The Effect of the "Splendid Little War" on America As sweeping changes reshaped America socially, industrially, and economically, the lack of interest in foreign policy and the outside world changed just as significantly. ... They viewed that the Filipinos wanted freedom, and by annexing the country, would be against the Declaration of Independence and plunge America into an unfavorable Far East politically and militarily. ... Hawaii was even then a springboard to the Far East, and enabling American ships, militarily or otherwise, could be seen as a boon resulting from the Americanizatio...

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Military fortresses around the country awe many visitors. ... The more attractive businesses for foreign investors are: tourism, tobacco, nickel and other minerals, communications, construction, real estate and exploitation of oil fields. ... Devoted to helping the poor, Castro repeatedly tried to enter his way into political office for change of General Fulgencio Batista's military dictatorship. ...

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The U.S created the Marshall Plan, which announced that there would be military and economic aid sent to prevent the spread of Communism in place like Greece, Turkey, and Iran. ... The trade was based on the beginning of the sugar export, which further lead to the Soviet Union supplying machinery such as farming equipment and then military aid. ... On October 22nd of the same year, a Cuban newspaper called "Revolucion" published maps displaying the positioning of American military. ...

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The dramatic crisis was also characterized by the fact that it was primarily played out at the White House and the Kremlin level with relatively little input from the respective bureaucracies typically involved in the foreign policy process" (The Cuban Missile Crisis). ... The Joint Chiefs of Staff declared a "military readiness status of DEFCON 3 as U.S. naval forces began implementation of the quarantine and plans accelerated for a military strike on Cuba (Office of the Historian). ...

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