American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1974

American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam: U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1974
ISBN-10
1403948178
ISBN-13
9781403948175
Category
Political Science
Pages
237
Language
English
Published
2003-12-19
Publisher
Springer
Author
Trevor McCrisken

Description

American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam examines the influence of the belief in American exceptionalism on the history of U.S. foreign policy since the Vietnam War. Trevor B. McCrisken analyzes attempts by each post-Vietnam U.S. administration to revive the popular belief in exceptionalism both rhetorically and by pursuing foreign policy supposedly grounded in traditional American principles. He argues that exceptionalism consistently provided the framework for foreign policy discourse but that the conduct of foreign affairs was limited by the Vietnam syndrome.

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