Compare and contrast the circumstances that led the United States to enter the Vietnam War, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the 2011 Libyan intervention. How did conditions in the international system influence the decision-making process? What role did the U.S. foreign policy history play?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should discuss how U.S. involvement the Vietnam War resulted from Cold War concerns about communism. Answers should also discuss the September 11, 2001, attacks as the primary motivator for the war in Afghanistan and concerns about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as driving the Iraq war. Answers should reference the Arab Spring and concerns of human rights abuses as justification for U.S. involvement in Libya. Answers may also include mention of containment and domino theory (in Vietnam) as well as the global war on terror and the Bush doctrine of preemption and prevention. Conditions in the international system may include the Cold War and the balance of power, the rise of regional conflicts, Sino–Soviet relations, the rise of al Qaeda and the war on terror, U.S. primacy, and humanitarian interventions.
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According to the text, which of the following is accurate regarding foreign policy differences between Northern Democrats and Southern Democrats?
a. Southern Democrats were likely to oppose defense expenditures during the 1960s and onward. b. Northern Democrats are traditionally more conservative than Southern Democrats. c. In the 1950s, Republicans and Northern Democrats joined together ideologically to support foreign economic assistance programs. d. Neither the Northern nor Southern Democrats joined forces with Republican ideologies. e. All of the above are true.