HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bully Pulpit, American Exceptionalism, Roosevelt Corollary
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Lecture february 7th, 2017: theodore roosevelt and the world order. Would argue more than anyone before him that the us needed to take a more active role globally. Use the white house to convince everyone else of the authority of the. The white house as a bully pulpit executive"s decisions. Used role as commander and chief to dispatch the american military where he saw fit. Use exec agreements to circumvent having to creating a treaty, so he would talk to foreign head of states and make agreements without going through traditional diplomatic paths. The strenuous life - civic honesty shape the destiny of mankind . Just as a man has a duty to his society, a nation has a duty to be involved in international affairs. Before, presidents had entered global society in response to popular opinion, etc. Roosevelt said it was more than this, that there was a moral obligation to be involved in the world.
