Meeting the enemy : American exceptionalism and international law /

Meeting the enemy : American exceptionalism and international law /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saito, Natsu Taylor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2010]
Series:Critical America.
Subjects:
Exceptionalism > United States > History.
Manifest Destiny.
International law.
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Table of Contents:
  • "A distinctly American internationalism"
  • Saving civilization : the war on terror
  • Civilizing the other : colonial origins of international law
  • "A city on a hill" : America as exception
  • Establishing the republic : first principles and American identity
  • A manifest destiny : colonizing the continent
  • American imperial expansion
  • Making the world safe for democracy
  • The new world order and American hegemony
  • Confronting American exceptionalism.