Were American foreign policy decisions in the 1920's justified?
A great number of different things shaped US Foreign Policy between 1945 and 1990, but probably the most prominent and overarching was the Cold War antagonism between the US and the USSR.
April 5, 1945
the soviet union
Warsaw, Poland
Herbert S. Dinerstein has written: 'War and the Soviet Union' -- subject(s): Military policy, Nuclear warfare 'Communism and the Russian peasant' -- subject(s): Peasantry, World War, 1939-1945 'Fifty years of Soviet foreign policy' -- subject(s): Foreign relations 'The Soviet employment of military strength for political purposes' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Military policy 'Leadership in Soviet agriculture and the Communist Party. 2 September 1952' 'Soviet policy in Latin America'
War.
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Isolationism
Foreign Policies after 1945 include the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, containment of communism with in the U.S.S.R., and The establishment of NATO.
Were American foreign policy decisions in the 1920's justified?
A great number of different things shaped US Foreign Policy between 1945 and 1990, but probably the most prominent and overarching was the Cold War antagonism between the US and the USSR.
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Unlimited use of force prior to the atom bomb (1945); limited use of force since then (can't use nukes).
Gerhard L. Weinberg has written: 'Germany and the Soviet Union, 1939-1941' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Diplomatic history, World War, 1939-1945, Germany 'Hitler's Second Book' -- subject(s): Politics and government 'The foreign policy of Hitler's Germany' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, World War, 1939-1945, Causes, Politics and government 'Visions of Victory' -- subject(s): Biography, World War, 1939-1945, Heads of state
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The soviet Union set off an atomic bomb.