"America First" & Foreign Policy A University of Virginia Miller Center conference on "America First" ideology and its impact on U.S. foreign policy between World War 1 and 11, and during the Cold War.
During the 1916 presidential election, Woodrow Wilson ran on the slogans, “He Kept Us Out of War” and “America First.” This program from the Miller Center in Charlottesville, Virginia considered the impact of “America First” thinking on U.S. foreign policy between World War I and World War II.
During the 1916 presidential election, Woodrow Wilson ran on the slogans “He Kept Us Out of War” and “America First.” In this program, a panel of historians talked about how “America First” thinking impacted U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War era between 1945 and 1968. Topics included international trade policy, the rise of anti-communism in America and how conservatives like William Buckley, Jr. critiqued society during this period. The Miller Center in Charlottesville, Virginia hosted this event.
