Policy Of Theodore Roosevelt Adminastration Towards Germany

Theodore Roosevelt(1858-1919)was the 26th President(1901-1909)of the United States.When he became vice president in March 1901,he was already a famous politician.Six months later,Roosevelt,less than 43 years old,became the youngest president in American history because of the assassination of President McKinley.In his presidential career,Roosevelt implemented a strong foreign policy that was different from previous governments.During this tenure,the United States' foreign policy began its transformation from isolationism to expansionism,and the United States began to devote itself into the international political stage as a world power.In this period,Germany implemented a "Weltpolitik".Germany and the United States were imperialist country.This situation resulted in a series of diplomatic intersections.This paper can divide into three parts if removes the introduction.The first part is the first chapter,which first reviews the background of the Theodore Roosevelt government's policy toward Germany.In the late 19th century,due to the stimulation of economic development,the capitalist and ideological worlds in the United States developed an expansionist trend.Theodore Roosevelt himself was the representative figure of this trend of thought.He strongly advocated the United States for overseas expansion.The relationship between the United States and Germany in the same period was transformed from a warm friendship to a suspicion with friction,because of the conflict about the economic and trade,and the conflict about overseas expansion.The second part of this paper is the second,third and fourth chapters,as the backbone of this paper.The second chapter discusses the United States' hard-line policy toward Germany in Latin America.This kind of policy made Germany realized the firm determination of the United States to defend Monroeism.It resulted in the United States'tough attitude in the Venezuela crisis and its strong support for Brazil in the "Panther incident",which has eliminated Germany's ambitions for Latin America and cemented the authority of Monroeism.The third chapter analyzes the Algeciras meeting and discusses the United States' suppression policy toward Germany.It was the United States' balance of power foreign policy in Europe.In this meeting,the United States did not pay anything,but achieved the diplomatic goals with Britain,France,and Germany,helped the Britain maintain its European balance of power,and safeguarded own long-term interests.The fourth chapter analyzes the cooperation and alienation between United States and Germany in the Far East.Roosevelt always took U.S.national interests as priority.Once he perceived that cooperation with Germany will likely hurt the United States,he quickly alienated Germany.The last part is the last chapter of this paper,which is a summary of the full text.This section first analyzes the influence of the Theodore Roosevelt government's policy on Germany for the relation between the two countries.After further analysis,the author believes that the Theodore Roosevelt government's policy in general reflected the United States' attitude of distrust and vigilance against Germany,which was rooted in the aggressive "Weltpolitik".Roosevelt was believed that Germany will sooner or later become biggest enemy.This attitude promoted the understanding between the Britain and the-United States because-of the common enemy.Looking at the policy toward German,the performance was calm and objective.The policy defended the national interests of the United States.The author believes that the analysis of the policy toward Germany during the period of the Theodore Roosevelt is of great significance for the study of how to handle relations with other emerging countries in the process of the rise of the great power.