The United States military has developed into an international police force
From 1914 through the present, the United States military has developed into an international police force. To justify this, our leaders have often stressed the need to defend our freedom at home and to protect others from oppression. Using specific examples discuss how America has responded to various treats to freedom (both real and perceived) since the outbreak of the First World War. Do these treats justify America’s rise as a worldwide leader? Please focus your answer on international developments since 1914. (Please include at least one example from WWI, WWII, the Cold War, and post-ColdWar events).
Sample Solution
THE UNITED STATES MILITARY DEVELOPMENT
After the First World War began in 1914, the United States proclaimed a policy of neutrality despite President Woodrow Wilson’s antipathies against Germany. Early in the war, the US started to favor the British and their allies with 1452 soldiers stationed in Europe. The regular army was backed up by the 27000 troops in the National Guard. The United States had no process in place to build a mass army, supply it, transport it and fight it. Continental European powers had a universal military service program in place, and when the war broke out, reservists-already trained-went to their mobilization points and joined their units. This is how the US build the military during World War 1[WW1]. Whether Americas treats justify its rise or not, expansionism was always in Americas DNA as a country founded by the expulsion and slaughter of American Indians, and the debate as to whether it should go further or not when it reached the pacific coast came to the fore after the war, which removed the principle barrier to expansion. The United States is the worlds most connected and pivotal power, and will remain so.
