WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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to become an empire, the US needed to acquire naval bases and strengthen its naval power
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the burden of the white man is to support and uplift non-whites
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imperialism was not democratic and engaging in it would be hypocritical
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the nation’s economic needs could be satisfied from within as the US should avoid risking itself in foreign entanglements
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mahan wanted the United States to build a blue-water navy. He wanted the nation to promote and subscribe to policies that would require the development of a large navy consistent with his theories as expressed in The Influence of Sea Power. As he later wrote: Navies are instruments of international relations . . .
Detailed explanation-2: -For Mahan, control of the Caribbean was essential to control of the canal, which was essential for the protection of all three coastlines of the United States. As an essentially “island” nation, it was of the utmost importance that the United States protect its coastline and its interests with a powerful navy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Alfred Thayer Mahan, a naval strategist and the author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, argued that national prosperity and power depended on control of the world’s sea-lanes.