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History of the foreign relations of the United States
Restatement of Policy on GermanyIn 1946, American Occupation General Lucius D. Clay observed that Germans faced a stark choice between starvation and ideology.
Reykjavík SummitThe former French consulate and British embassy, called Höfði, was the site of the Reykjavík Summit in 1986. This building stood on a hill overlooking the…
Reagan DoctrinePresident James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to establish a new boundary for American foreign policy. Theodore Roosevelt followed with his own…
Truman DoctrineIn October 1944, British and Greek forces landed in Greece following the gradual withdrawal of Axis occupational forces from the country.
Evil Empire speechAnthony R. Dolan, Ronald Reagan's chief speechwriter in 1983, coined the phrase evil empire for the president to use. Dolan had included similar language in…
Monroe DoctrineOn the 2nd of December 1823, President James Monroe stood before Congress to deliver his seventh annual State of the Union Address.
American imperialismIn 1830, the United States government passed the Indian Removal Act. This law forced approximately 60,000 Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi…
William H. SewardOn the 16th of May 1801, William Henry Seward entered the world in Florida, New York. This small village sat north of New York City and west of the Hudson…
Trent AffairIn the early 1840s, a boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain over Oregon nearly sparked war. British leaders in London grew…
ContrasIn July 1979, the FSLN took control of the capital Managua after weeks of heavy fighting. The president at the time, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, fled the…
Tear down this wall!On the 12th of June 1987, the United States president Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. This location had been a flashpoint…
1953 Iranian coup d'étatOn the 19th of August 1953, Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a coup d'état that strengthened the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.