The unique transformation the United States underwent, from colony to international power, shaped its foreign policy; starting out as an outsider to affairs dominated by Europe, the United States sought to promote self-benefiting policies like free trade while encouraging the growth of the American ideal and standing in opposition to European colonialism. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Tradition, history, and religion shape political life in the Middle East that many outsiders would not comprehend.7 Kinzer suggests that terror is likely to occur again, but more than likely now in terms of nuclear warfare. ...

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• Grade Level: High School