US Domestic and Foreign Policy: 1945 Versus 2006

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This paper explores how US domestic and foreign policies have had to change as the role of the country in international politics and the global community has changed. The paper also notes that current challenges in the international community by globalization and terrorism have affected the motivations of US policies and thus of all other nations. The paper then compares US domestic and foreign policy in 1945 to US domestic and foreign policy in 2006. The paper concludes that it is still essential for the US to be active in international issues not only to protect its concerns but to be able to sense the unfolding global trends.

Outline:
Introduction
1945 policies
Roles
Domestic policies
Foreign policies
2006 policies
Domestic policies
Foreign policies
inclusion

From the Paper:

"The US took on the role of peacekeeper in the international arena, it figured prominently in the post-war restoration and developments such as the Nuremberg Trials, division of territories and the institution of the United Nations (452).
"The US also symbol of the struggle against the spread of communism. Its policies of containment and promotion of democracy was a statement in its desire to be seen as a defender of freedom and liberty (Leffler 87-89). This was the same identity that it espoused during its own struggle for independence (Ash 286). Another role that it was beginning to cultivate was its substitution of Britain and the rest of Europe as an economic force in the world."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ash, Timothy Garton. Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West. New York: Random House Publishing, 2004. 286
• Bush, George W. National Security Strategy of the United States, Washington, DC: The White House, 2002.
• Cohen, Eliot A. "Will We Persevere," Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2006, sec. A, p. A13.
• Fishman, Ted C. . China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World. London: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, 2005. 352
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. Community Recovery and Planning. 30 November 2006. <http://www.fema.gov/government>

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