This became known as the Monroe Doctrine. Legacy: The Monroe Doctrine is James Monroe’s great legacy. It still informs U. S. foreign policy in the Americas today.

In this reimagined doctrine, the West is no longer a community of shared values, but a zone of expected compliance under ...

Monroe seized on the opportunity to make the Louisiana Purchase. As president, he introduced the Monroe Doctrine, the principle that "the American continents... are henceforth not to be considered ...

BUENOS AIRES — James Monroe, president of the United States from 1817 to 1825, conceived of the strategic and foreign policy doctrine bearing his name that essentially seeks to exclude foreign ...