How did US foreign policy change after the cold war?

Answer 1

Politicians could no longer declare total war anymore. They had to manuever their politics around the new "limited wars", such as Korea and Vietnam. Wars have been declared or fought by statesmen (politicians) for OVER 2,000 years! Commencing in 1945...no more. Atomic Weapons negate that.

Answer 2

you might want to discuss the Bush administration's African policy legacy and its implications for the Obama administration. Many have argued that the events of 9/11 led the administration to view the African subcontinent differently, and that the US has altered its conception of national interests in the region. The tripling of American foreign aid to the region is noteworthy.

there are articles available on this subject via jstor if you have access?

there is an excellent article on the defence kind of issue by Francis J. Gavin called Same as It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarm ism, Proliferation, and the Cold War that may be of some use.

perhaps it would be worth looking up some issues of the american political science review?

Answer 3

The US foreign policy during the Cold War was the Truman Doctrine, which was to prevent the expansion of communism to new nations. In other words, containment.

Answer 4

The Soviet government remained the same from 1917 until it's fall in 1990.

Answer 5

It was the whole basis of them.

Answer 6

Re-ask the question WHOSE policy?