Displaying 1 of 1 2010 Format: Book Author: Pfaff, William, 1928-2015. Title: The irony of manifest destiny : the tragedy of America's foreign policy / William Pfaff. Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Walker & Co., 2010. Description: xiv, 222 pages ; 22 cm Summary: Analyzes America's foreign-policy evolution throughout the past half century from practices of containment to confrontation, challenging popular perspectives that the United States possesses an exceptional status. Subjects: Enlightenment -- Influence. Enlightenment -- United States. Secularism -- United States -- History. Isolationism -- United States -- History. Political messianism -- United States -- History. United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy. United States -- Foreign relations -- Moral and ethical aspects. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: A manifest destiny -- The Enlightenment invention of secular utopia -- The sources of America's moral and political isolation from Europe -- From American isolationism to utopian interventionism -- America's elected enemy -- How it ends. LCCN: 2009049301 ISBN: 9780802716996 0802716997 Other Number: 317928907 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 283378 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 327.73 Pfaff Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
