In foreign relations war is seen as a failure of diplomacy. Yet as we have seen in the first half of this semester,
in less than a half century between 1898 and 1941 the United States went to war three times: The SpanishAmerican-Cuban-Philippine War, World War I and World War II. How did this happen?
Our documents and film, our text book and the lectures offer different potential reasons: economic, political,
cultural, military and societal. Compare and contrast the reasons presented in these three sources—
documents, textbook and lectures—for two of the wars. You must use the documents, textbook and lectures.
Any other source of information must be fully identified.
The essay should be between five and ten pages.
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