From Isolation to Intervention: How US Foreign Policy Changed After WWII

Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel

This educational video provides a comprehensive overview of the dramatic shift in United States domestic and foreign policy from the post-World War I era through the Cold War. It explores how the United States transitioned from a nation favoring isolationism and a small peacetime military to a global superpower with an interventionist foreign policy and a large standing army. The narrator explains the historical context behind these changes, highlighting how public opinion evolved due to the devastation of global wars, the rise of communism, and the threat of nuclear annihilation.