Running head: EARLY AMERICAN WARS

Early American Wars

Early American Wars
When the European continent erupted in conflict in 1914, President Wilson declared America's neutrality. "He proposed an even-handed approach towards all the belligerents that was to be maintained in both "thought and deed."
In August 1914 America was overwhelmingly neutral and determined to stay so. Participation in World War I would represent a fundamental break of foreign policy tradition by the United States of avoiding direct military involvement in European conflicts. In addition to an isolationist foreign policy tradition, another factor against an American intervention was the growth in the United States of a relatively vibrant peace movement in the years from 1900 to 1914. The peace movement contained many prominent and respected members of the business community and government, and was a political force to be reckoned with.
But one of the most important potential deterrents to war......

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