This policy essentially expanding American presence in the western hemisphere, giving it “legitimacy” for using force to exert its influence.
Which American foreign policy bolstered the earlier 19th century Monroe doctrine, which stated that European nations could no longer interfere in the Caribbean, and now stated that the United States would use military force “as an international police power” to correct any “chronic wrongdoing” by any Latin American nation that might threaten stability in the region? This policy essentially expanding American presence in the western hemisphere, giving it “legitimacy” for using force to exert its influence.
This policy essentially expanding American presence in the western hemisphere, giving it “legitimacy” for using force to exert its influence.