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Foreign Affairs

What do you know?

• When was the Spanish-American War? Who was the opponent?• When was the U.S. involved in WWI? Who was the main opponent?• When was the U.S. involved in WWII? Who did the U.S. oppose?• When did the Korean War occur? Who did the U.S. oppose?• When was the Vietnam War? Who did the U.S. oppose?• When did the U.S. invade Grenada?• When did the U.S. invade Panama?• When was Desert Storm?• When did U.S. and coalition forces invade Afghanistan?• When did U.S. and coalition forces invade Iraq?

What do you know?• When was the Spanish-American War. Who was the opponent? 1898/Spain• When was the U.S. involved in WWI? Who was the main opponent? 1917-

1918/Germany• When was the U.S. involved in WWII? Who was the main opponents? 1941-

1945/Germany, Japan, Italy• When did the Korean War occur? Who did the U.S. oppose?

1950-1953/North Korea and China• When was the Vietnam War? Who did the U.S. oppose? 1965-1973/North

Vietnamese/Viet Cong• When did the U.S. invade Grenada? 1983• When did the U.S. invade Panama? 1989• When was Desert Storm? 1991• When did U.S. and coalition forces invade Afghanistan and who was the

opponent? 2001/Taliban• When did U.S. and coalition forces invade Iraq? 2003

History of U.S. Foreign Affairs

• Foreign Affairs: The nation’s relationships with other nations.

• America’s foreign policy of isolationism-a refusal to become involved in the affairs of the rest of the world.

• World War II changed view as the U.S. became a world economic and military power

Conducting Foreign Policy

• Foreign policy: all of the stands and actions that a nation takes in every aspect of its relationships with other nations.

State Department

• The President’s right arm in foreign affairs.

• Secretary of State: Hillary Clinton.

• Advising, making, and conducting foreign policy.

State Department

Foreign Service: representatives of the U.S. in other countries.

• Ambassadors: Official U.S. rep.

• Passports

• Diplomatic immunity

Defense Department

• The military is under civilian control because the military could pose a threat to civilian control of the government.

Defense Department

• Joint Chiefs of Staff: Chief Military advisors• Army Chief of Staff• Chief of Naval Operations• Air Force Chief of Staff• Commandant Marine Corps• Each (except Marine Corps) headed by a secretary.• Department of the Army• Department of the Navy• Department of the Air Force

Part II: Foreign and Defense Agencies

• CIA: intelligence gathering and analysis, espionage against potential enemies

• INS: Deals with immigration issues and works with Office of Homeland Security.

• NASA: Space exploration, astronomy, weather forecasting

• Selective Service System: Establishes military obligations for all males between 18 ½ and 26 for the draft.

American Foreign Policy Overview III

• Monroe Doctrine• Be a Good Neighbor but Carry a Big Stick• WWI and Isolationism• WWII• Cold War• Truman Doctrine• Cuban Missile Crisis• Korean War• Vietnam

Foreign Aid and Defense Alliances

• NATO

• Middle East

• UN-Security Council