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The Era of Good Feelings president and author of the Monroe Doctrine — the foreign policy statement that shaped US-Latin American relations for 200 years.
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Canon
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Cunningham identifies the false self of Monroe's presidency: the Era of Good Feelings label suggests national harmony, but beneath the surface, the slavery question, sectional tensions, and political factionalism were intensifying toward an inevitable reckoning.
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The Monroe Doctrine demonstrates how a single policy declaration can shape geopolitics for centuries — institutional statements create lasting environments
Cunningham traces how Monroe's 1823 declaration — that European colonization of the Americas would be considered an act of aggression — remained US policy for 200 years. A single presidential statement created a geopolitical environment that endured far beyond the president's lifetime.Was this useful?