The discourse of exceptionalism and U.S. grand strategy, 1946-2009

This thesis argues that American exceptionalism is a necessary, but insufficient, way of reading U.S. foreign policy. Exceptionalism is employed by different ideologists in different ways and in differing contexts. This thesis employs the contextualist methodology of Quentin Skinner to challenge pro...

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Main Author: Woolfson, Alexander F.
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.571007