Meeting the Enemy : : American Exceptionalism and International Law /

Meeting the Enemy : : American Exceptionalism and International Law / / Natsu Taylor Saito.

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Since its founding, the United States has defined itself as the supreme protector of freedom throughout the world, pointing to its Constitution as the model of law to ensure democracy at home and to protect human rights internationally. Although the United States has consistently emphasized the impo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Saito, Natsu Taylor,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Critical America ; 65
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Saving Civilization
  • 2 Civilizing the Other
  • 3 “A City on a Hill”
  • 4 Establishing the Republic
  • 5 A Manifest Destiny
  • 6 American Imperial Expansion
  • 7 Making the World Safe for Democracy
  • 8 The New World Order and American Hegemony
  • 9 Confronting American Exceptionalism
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • List of Cases
  • Index
  • About the Author

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