Big Stick Diplomacy

Big Stick Diplomacy or Big Stick Policy was the slogan describing U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to the Monroe Doctrine. The United States, he claimed, had the right not only to oppose European intervention in the Western Hemisphere, but It could be seen as a later, more subtle version of Gunboat Diplomacy. The idea led to the expansion of the U.S. Navy and greater involvement in world affairs. This in turn led to the Dollar Diplomacy in the following Taft administration.
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