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Author McCrisken, Dr Trevor

Title American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam : U.S. Foreign Policy Since 1974
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 American Exceptionalism: An Introduction; 2 The End of American Exceptionalism? The Cold War and Vietnam; 3 Gerald Ford and the Time for Healing; 4 Jimmy Carter ... Morality and the Crisis of Confidence; 5 Ronald Reagan ... America is Back'; 6 George Bush ... the Vision Thing' and the New World Order; 7 Bill Clinton and the Indispensable Nation'; 8 Conclusions: American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
Summary 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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Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Influence
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Influence
National characteristics, American.
Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Diplomatic relations
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
National characteristics, American
Nationalism
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140098
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001742
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781403948175
1403948178