Thesis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy broadened diplomatic relations with Latin America, encouraging reciprocal exchange of ideas and culture. The Good Neighbor Policy was pivotal in changing these regions relationship, moving the US away from interventionism and towards equality. But this policy's concepts and relations were perverted by Cold War Hemispheric Defense, leading to the exact opposite of the intended effect: a one sided encounter, where the US forced its ideals upon weaker neighbors.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Good Neighbor Policy broadened diplomatic relations with Latin America, encouraging reciprocal exchange of ideas and culture. The Good Neighbor Policy was pivotal in changing these regions relationship, moving the US away from interventionism and towards equality. But this policy's concepts and relations were perverted by Cold War Hemispheric Defense, leading to the exact opposite of the intended effect: a one sided encounter, where the US forced its ideals upon weaker neighbors.
Tadhg Larabee, Emily Zhou, Isabelle Zhou, Kyle Zhu
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Word Count: 1117
Process Paper: 500
Photo: Topical Press Agency, 1941