1. Cuba and the Monroe Doctrine
The Doctrine was the foundation for a new policy of "excluding European power politics from the Western Hemisphere, if necessary by using European diplomacy".7 With the Doctrine being the sphere influence, the two Old World powers were removed from the Americas. ... This action contradicted much of the exact purpose of the Doctrine. ... Roosevelt implemented his own corollary to the Doctrine. ... The Monroe Doctrine had shown the drastic effects on foreign policy since its genesis in the early nineteenth century. ... Some perceive the Doctrine as an excuse for imperialism or war, w...
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