The Monroe Doctrine

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A two-hundred-year-old presidential speech has shaped how the United States sees its role in the world ever since. At the time, it sounded like a modest declaration from a young and uncertain nation. What would come to be known as the Monroe Doctrine would grow into something far more powerful... and far more controversial. Christopher Nichols, Professor of History at Ohio State University, joins us for this episode. Chris is the Wayne Woodrow Hayes Chair in National Security Studies and his works include ‘ Rethinking American Grand Strategy ’ and ‘ Promise and Peril: America at the Dawn of the Global Age ’. He has previously appeared on Ep. 261 ‘ President Eisenhower: War on Soviets and…