Two Presidents Betrayed the Monroe Doctrine — Creating Chaos Throughout the World

Clifford Ribner explains how Eisenhower and JFK’s choices undermined the Monroe Doctrine and reshaped Cuba, the Cold War, and U.S. power.

The Monroe Doctrine wasn’t a slogan; it was strategy. In this episode, Cliff Ribner covers Monroe’s original warning, Teddy Roosevelt’s Corollary, and the choices by Eisenhower and Kennedy that set the stage for Castro, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban Missile Crisis—with lessons about deterrence, free markets, and American power.

Cliff Ribner covers
• James Monroe’s 1823 warning to Europe and why it worked
• Theodore Roosevelt’s “international police power” corollary
• Batista (1952) → Castro (1959) — the missed checks
• Bay of Pigs and the signal it sent to Khrushchev
• U.S. missiles in Turkey and the crisis bargain
• Suez, Korea, Vietnam — how credibility shapes outcomes

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