Policemen of the World

U.S Military & Foreign Policies

HIS 105

Prof. Vanessa Gilyard

Bridget Lynn King

University Affiliation

August 19, 2017

U.S Military & Foreign Policies

Part 1

The American military forces have taken a visible lead in fostering peace among countries experiencing conflicts; nearly U.S has been involved in most cases of occurrence of conflict globally. For instance, the U.S military took part in peace keeping mission in Syria and Afghanistan wars.

Part 2

A. International Events -Negotiations efforts for a nuclear deal intended to dismantle Iran’s nuclear weapons.

i. Missiles

ii. Simulators

iii. Assault Helicopter (Le Billon & El Khatib, 2004).

-The United States started surveillance missions on the ISIL positions on Syria in 2014 by the then President Barack Obama.

i. Air strikes

ii. Assault Helicopters

B. Aspects of US History Since 1865

i. The Cold War fueled by ideological, economic, and military contest.

ii. Atomic fears

iii. World War II

C. Driving Forces that Fueled International Policy Decisions

i. The Vietnam War (1954-1975)

ii. Production of weapons of mass destruction by some countries.

iii. Korean Wars (Bittner, 1967).

Therefore, it is imperative to note that in taking global policemen role, the U.S was deeply involved in protecting her citizens from weapons of mass destruction as well as trying to prevent other countries from having a very powerful military (Hook & Spanier, 2015).

Reference

Bittner, E. (1967). The police on skid-row: A study of peace keeping. American sociological review, 699-715.

Hook, W. S., & Spanier, J. (2015). American foreign policy since World War II. New York: Cq Press.

Le Billon, P., & El Khatib, F. (2004). From free oil to ‘freedom oil’: Terrorism, war and US geopolitics in the Persian Gulf . Geopolitics, 9(1), 109-137.