Johnson Administration Foreign Policy
Tonight Americans and Asians are dying for a world where each people may choose its own path to change...HTMLBREAKWhy must we take this painful road? Why must this Nation hazard its ease, and its interest, and its power for the sake of a people so far away?HTMLBREAKWe fight because we must fight if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny. And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure.HTMLBREAKThis kind of world will never be built by bombs or bullets. Yet the infirmities of man are such that force must often precede reason, and the waste of war, the works of peace.HTMLBREAKWe wish that this were not so. But we must deal with the world as it is, if it is ever to be as we wish.
Which of the following describes a major impact of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s foreign policy rhetoric on the United States’ role in international conflicts?
A
Enhanced emphasis on diplomatic resolutions for global conflicts
B
Surge in U.S.-led military operations lacking global support
C
Immediate end to U.S. military presence in foreign countries
D
Diminished participation in international peace efforts
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