American Foreign policy 1897-1939

What Were the Prime Motivations in the Conduct of US Foreign Policy From 1898-1941? Primarily the United States entered the world political spectrum following its comprehensive victory over Spain in the Spanish-American War (1895-1898) and it was to prove the forbearer of American foreign policy for the foreseeable future. An aggressive imperialistic dictum immediately followed the victory as America sought control of Latin America and the Caribbean. This successful annexation of her own backyard was …

…desperation. Having subsidised the victorious Allies in both wars, America became the world’s banker and policeman with no credible rival to halt the flow of American dollars into the world financial spectrum. America can rightly be labelled as imperialistic and isolationist, as colonial and internationalist, as morally right and despotically wrong, however behind everything is the capitalist influence, the big business influence on foreign policy during the first half of the century. Word count 2100 .