Between virtue and power : the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy / John Kane.
Between virtue and power : the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy / John Kane.
Between virtue and power : the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy / John Kane.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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N327.73/ 613
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English
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p. cm.
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Origins and significance of the American mythology -- Founding a virtuous republic -- Problems of virtue and power -- Nonentanglement : the economic dimension -- Nonentanglement : the political dimension -- Innocent virtue and the conquest of a continent -- From imperialism to world peace -- Woodrow...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Connecticut
Date Published
c2008.
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"In this survey of U.S. history, John Kane looks at the tensions between American virtue and power and how those tensions have influenced foreign policy. Americans have long been suspicious of power as a threat to individual liberty, Kane argues, and yet the growth of national power has been perceived as a natural by-product of American virtue. Thi...
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Between virtue and power : the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy / John Kane.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N327.73/ 613
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74VMb4PmGvXl
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9780300137125 (cloth : alk. paper)
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327.73
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991000908499702626
