Policemen of the World Final Paper

POLICEMEN OF THE WORLD

Patrick B. Magee

Contemporary U.S. History (HIS-105)

Pawel Goral, Professor

STRAYER University

May 22, 2015

Part 1

Thesis statement

The involvement of the U.S. Military in Jordan and Turkey in 2012 was characterized by the civil war in Syria that had to be contained.

The U.S. Military played an important role by making sure that the Syria Civil War does not spread across borders and affect other countries. This helped in reducing the loss and damage that would be caused.

Part 2

Outline

Determine two to three (2-3) international events from the past five years that can be traced back to a foreign policy created after the Civil War.

Osama’s Downfall (2011)

After taking office, Obama order that the CIA to allocate more resources towards the hunting of Osama. Bin Laden was world threat who was brought down by America under the Obama regime (Miller & Cherny, 2013). Obama’s elimination of Osama reflects a counter-terror policy that is in the interest of the world at large.

The spring of the Arab (2011)

An individual’s protest against corruption turned to be a regional issue that lead to an overthrow of four Arab leaders from the following countries: Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. These revolutions made it necessary for the United States to relook at its relations with the Arab world; they affected the foreign policies of the United States.

List three (3) aspects of US history since 1865 that have led to the US's rise as a world super power policeman

· Strict laws against manufacturing nuclear weapons

· High-class anti-terrorism policies

· Adjustment of immigration policies

List three to five (3-5) international incidents since World War II where America has taken on a policing role.

· The establishment of the FBI which acts as international policemen

· The measures the United States took against the Soviet Union (Wolfe, 2012)

· America’s support to Poland and Russia

List three to five (3-5) driving forces that fueled international policy decisions involving the international incidents you outlined previously

· The North Atlantic Treaty which later gave birth to NATO (Weinrod & Charles, 2010)

· The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed between America and the USSR

· Southeast Asia Treaty as well as Korean and Chinese wars

· Division of Communism and Capitalism Bloc that later caused Cold War

References

Miller, C. & Cherny, R. (2013). Making America: A history of the United States. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Weinrod, W. & Charles, L. (2010). Center for Technology and National Security Policy. Fort Lesley McNair, Washington: National Defense University

Wolfe, A. (2012). Competing with the Soviets: Science, technology and the state in Cold War America. Baltimore, Maryland. John Hopkins University Press