Why the US Left Isolationism
The United States, until just before the end of the World War II, excluded itself to a form of isolationism. By doing this, the United States relied on and looked after itself when dealing with foreign policy. But soon after World War II things changed, isolationism could not work for the betterment of the United States any longer. The United States needed to change the way it operated on an international scale, and take on a more demanding role in its foreign policy making. To understand this shift from isolationism to collective foreign diplomacy, an evaluation of the three levels of analysis would present three different aspects on how and why the United States made this shift. When looking at the post-war era, the United States' change from isolationism was essential to its survival due to two key elements: the shift in great power, and the strengthening of United States' military and capitalist economy. By using the three levels of analysis, you will be able to understand in depth how their interaction lead to the United States straying from its traditional isolationism, to its current role of collective foreign diplomacy.To understand the entire realm of things, you would need to start from the third level of analy
After World War II, the fall of Hitler and the devastation suffered during the wars by most of the great powers in Europe, caused the International system to have a shift in great powers. From this shift, it lead to a bipolar system, leaving the United States and a rebuilding communist Soviet Union as two remaining great powers in the world. After looking at the events that brought the United States to a great power status, the second level of analysis helps form a more in-depth understanding of why the United States abandon isolationism. The second level of analysis focuses on "The State" and how it will act in the International realm. When taking into consideration that United States operates on a capitalist economy, their margin for capital could only grow so much under an isolationist nation. In order for the United States to stay on top as a great power, it needed to open its market internationally. By doing this it helped the United States form a stable economy that it needed to keep its great power status. With power comes enemies, with the opening of its markets, the United States also had to start looking for allies and working on foreign diplomacy. In order to form allies the United States had to start picking sides, which could not have been done under isolationism. During the great wars, there was an attempt to form a semi-govern party in the international system. All attempts were failed due to the lack of responsib
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