| Description |
1 online resource (367 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: "A City upon a Hill"; PART ONE THE ORIGINS OF THE SECURITY ETHOS, 16881919; 1 Commerce, Expansion, and Republican Virtue; 2 The First National Security State; PART TWO INTERNATIONALISM AND CONTAINMENT, 19191973; 3 The Postwar Era and American Values; 4 The Construction of Global Containment; 5 Civic Virtue in Richard Nixon's America; PART THREE THE AGE OF STRATEGIC GLOBALISM, 19732001; 6 Core Values and Strategic Globalism through 1988; 7 The False Promise of a New World Order |
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8 Globalization and MilitarismPART FOUR THE BUSH DOCTRINE; 9 The War on Terror and Core Values; Conclusion: The Security Ethos and Civic Virtue; Right-Wing Authoritarians; Progenitors of Progressive Civic Virtue; The Balance Sheet; Select Bibliography; U.S. Government Documents; Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, DC; Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston |
| Summary |
Drawing upon themes from the nation's past, William O. Walker III presents a new interpretation of the history of American exceptionalism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-322) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
National security -- United States.
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Diplomatic relations
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National security
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
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United States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008042306 |
| ISBN |
9780511533839 |
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0511533837 |
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1107191742 |
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9781107191747 |
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0511811780 |
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9780511811784 |
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0511650566 |
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9780511650567 |
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0511532016 |
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9780511532016 |
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