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How the Declaration of Independence became America's global foreign-policy justification
Throughout the 20th century, American presidents from Woodrow Wilson to John F. Kennedy invoked the principles of the Declaration of Independence to justify the United States' growing role in world affairs. The 1776 document became a key language of American diplomacy and interventionism, with its ideals of liberty and equality cited during wars, alliances and international crises. The analysis traces how a founding political myth evolved into a foreign-policy tool.
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