abstract:"Benevolent neutrality" is a term used by Ernest May to describe United States foreign policy regarding involvement in World War I. Examples of it were seen shortly before World War I though due to the League of the Three Emperors, an agreement between the powers of Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary,.
In the struggle againstthedie-hards, somemayjoin in to a limited degree, others may observe abenevolentneutrality, and still others a rather reluctantneutrality.