Monroe's defense of America

Jan 21 Monroe's defense of America A lot of people aren't familiar with the Monroe Doctrine. President James Monroe wrote the Doctrine as a commitment to neutrality in European affairs, in exchange for Europe's refraining from further colonization in the New World. It was transformed by Teddy Roosevelt into unlimited writ of authority to intervene in Latin America and overseas affairs. And the Monroe Doctrine embodied the prudent foreign policy of the founders, non-interventionalists. T...