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File Name | S21-Policy-Stoa-01-History-of-US-Military-Commitments.docx |
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Date added | August 3, 2020 |
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Tags | Debate, Policy, Season 21, Stoa |
Foreign military commitments have not been present in the United States throughout all of our history. The modern superpower with a global military presence is a feature of the second half of our country’s history and a substantial contrast with its origins. In this chapter we will discuss how America started as an isolated, inward-looking nation concerned only with self-defense and show how and why it transitioned into a global power. There will be a number of military events in our nation’s past (for example the War of 1812, the War with Mexico, and the Civil War) that, although they were significant military engagements and important historical events, did not substantially impact our nation’s interest in projecting foreign military power. Since we need to stay focused on the resolutional topic, we will focus on US history that leads into foreign military engagements and leave aside these other important events for another day.