The Monroe Doctrine and Narratives of U.S. Empire
by
Gretchen Murphy, Donald E. Pease
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2005
In 1823, President James Monroe announced that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any future European colonization and that the United States would protect the Americas as a space destined for democracy. Over the next century, these ideas—which came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine—provided...