Presidential Military Policies

Isolationism

policy or remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups; especially politically

Washington Naval Treaty

AKA Five Power Treaty, 1922, major allies of world war l prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction

Containment

action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits

Truman Doctorine

US would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread; support nations threatened by Marxism-Lenism-foundation of American Foreign Policy and NATO

Eisenhower Doctrine

country could request American economic assistance/aid from US military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression from another state-soviet influenced

Arms Race

occurs when 2 or more groups compete in military superiority--who can make the better weapons

MAD

mutual assured destruction-nuclear

Kennedy Doctrine

expansion of foreign policy prerogatives of Eisenhower and Truman Doctrines; US would try to contain threat and spread of communism

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

President Lyndon B Johnson; Take all necessary measures to repel any any armed attack against forces of the US and to prevent further aggression by communist gov of North Vietnam

Disengagement

action, or process of withdrawing from involvement in a particular activity, situation, or group

Atoms for Peace

Eisenhower; concern about nuclear weapons

Peace With Honor

Richard Nixon; end war and restore peace in Vietnam, AKA Paris Peace Accords. cease fire, return American POW and withdraw American forces from Vietnam

Camp David Accords

Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President, Israeli Prime Minister; 12 days of secret negotiations, peace treaty

Oslo Accords

agreements btwn Israel and Palestine Liberation Organization

Israel would give control of west bank/gaza to Palestine

Intervention

Action or process of intervening-putting yourself in the middle

Grenada 1983

Reagan; US invaded Grenada to protect US people there and prevent the island from being a base for soviet/cuban aggression

Panama 1986

Bush 41; US invaded Panama to depose Panama Leader Manuel Noriega→wanted for drug trafficking

Desert Shield

Bush 41; organized coalition of 35 nations to defend Saudi Arabia

Desert Storm

AKA Persian Gulf War; Military response of Iraq invasion of Kuwait

Nation Building

Bush 43; help Afghanistan develop its own stable democratic government

War on Terror

Response to 9/11→ attack Iraq and Afghanistan

seek out and stop terrorists

Trial of Saddam Hussein

US turned over Iraq President to Iraq Government for trial