American Interventionist Foreign Policy: One and a Quarter Century of Failure

When Theodore Roosevelt succeeded William McKinley as president in 1901, he realized the US was no longer just a continental republic; with the Spanish-American War of 1898, America now claimed Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as territories, Cuba a protectorate and annexed Hawaii. Roosevelt “believed it was the burden of ‘civilized’ nations to uplift … Continue reading "American Interventionist Foreign Policy: One and a Quarter Century of Failure"

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