You're probably right, but I still got a soft spot for Nixon and splitting China and Russia was a good tactical move and I don't blame him for outsourcing our jobs to China, that was under Clinton.
McKinley got us into the Spanish American War, our introduction to global empire, as we colonized Cuba and the Philippines. Without this entry into Asia, we might have avoided the Pacific theatre of WWII, maybe even the whole thing. Our economic relations with China had a large influence in our strategic diplomacy with Japan. Teddy Roosevelt deserves the credit for developing the Panama Canal, McKinley did very little but help steer it towards Panama over Nicaragua.
You're probably right, but I still got a soft spot for Nixon and splitting China and Russia was a good tactical move and I don't blame him for outsourcing our jobs to China, that was under Clinton.
Yes, you are right on all counts
Thanks.
McKinley got us into the Spanish American War, our introduction to global empire, as we colonized Cuba and the Philippines. Without this entry into Asia, we might have avoided the Pacific theatre of WWII, maybe even the whole thing. Our economic relations with China had a large influence in our strategic diplomacy with Japan. Teddy Roosevelt deserves the credit for developing the Panama Canal, McKinley did very little but help steer it towards Panama over Nicaragua.
America had relations with China and Japan well before McKinley