Tools for exploring U.S. foreign policy doctrine, FRUS archival records, and American imperialism — drawn from H-Net H-Diplo and MIT OCW curricula.
Read a historical scenario and identify which foreign policy doctrine applied — Monroe, Big Stick, Dollar Diplomacy, Open Door, or containment — then see what actually happened.
Walk through the Foreign Relations of the United States archive — what State Department cables said, what the President knew, what was hidden from Congress, and what the documents reveal.
Trace US overseas expansion — Philippines, Panama, Cuba, Vietnam, Iraq — and examine the justifications used each time: civilizing mission, strategic interest, democracy promotion, humanitarian intervention.
Pick a transnational movement — anti-colonialism, non-alignment, human rights, labor internationalism — and trace how it crossed borders and shaped US foreign policy responses and resistance.
Pick a foreign policy crisis and walk through the decision process — who was in the room, what each advisor recommended, what intelligence said, what assumptions drove the choice.
