The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy download epub

As this myth has supported violence, violence in turn has supported the myth. The Myth of American Diplomacy shows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs

As this myth has supported violence, violence in turn has supported the myth. The Myth of American Diplomacy shows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs. Hixson investigates the national narratives that help to explain ethnic cleansing of Indians, nineteenth-century imperial thrusts in Mexico and the Philippines, the two World Wars, the Cold War, the Iraq War, and today’s war on terror. He examines the discourses within America that have continuously inspired what he calls our pathologically violent foreign policy.

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Start by marking The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity . foreign policy as a manifestation of the nation's powerful hegemonic, manly, and "enemy-othering" identity.

Start by marking The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and . Foreign Policy as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. From its inception requiring genocide of Native Americans, to its current unjust policies in the Middle East, Hixson criticizes the tendency of the United States to dominate, "civilize" and wage war over diplomacy.

Walter L. Hixson is professor of history at the University of Akron This myth of American identity provides a space for the support of militant foreign policy. Hixson is professor of history at the University of Akron. He has published numerous books and articles on the history of . foreign policy, including the prize-winning book George F. Kennan: Cold War Iconoclast. This myth of American identity provides a space for the support of militant foreign policy. As can be seen throughout American history, external aggression helps promote internal unity. This external aggression need not be outside of the country as can be seen during times throughout our history the minorities within the country have provided a group to unify against.

The Myth of American Diplomacyshows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs

The Myth of American Diplomacyshows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs. Hixson investigates the national narratives that help to explain ethnic cleansing of Indians, nineteenth-century imperial thrusts in Mexico and the Philippines, the two World Wars, the Cold War, the Iraq War, and today's war on terror. He examines the discourses within America that have continuously inspired what he calls our "pathologically violent foreign policy

Published by: Yale University Press. The Myth of American Diplomacyshows the deep connections between American foreign policy and the domestic culture from which it springs. With Myth of America identity buoyed by victory in Europe and Asia, the United States demanded universal acceptance of its providential mission to shepherd the Free World.

A provocative new view of the history of . foreign policy, how it reflects our national identity, and why it so regularly involves the use of military force. In this major reconceptualization of the history of . foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages with the entire sweep of that history, from its Puritan beginnings to the twenty-first century's war on terror

In this major reconceptualization of the history of .

In this major reconceptualization of the history of . foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages with the entire sweep of that history, from its Puritan beginnings to the twenty-first century's war on terror.

He contends that a mythical national identity, which includes the notion of. .As this myth has supported violence, violence in turn has supported the myth.

He contends that a mythical national identity, which includes the notion of American moral superiority and the duty to protect all of humanity, has had remarkable continuity through the centuries, repeatedly propelling America into war against an endless series of external enemies.

foreign policy would probably be more effective if Americans were less convinced of their own unique virtues and less eager to proclaim them. What we need, in short, is a more realistic and critical assessment of America’s true character and contributions. In that spirit, I offer here the Top 5 Myths about American Exceptionalism. Moreover, as Godfrey Hodgson recently noted in his sympathetic but clear-eyed book, The Myth of American Exceptionalism, the spread of liberal ideals is a global phenomenon with roots in the Enlightenment, and European philosophers and political leaders did much to advance the democratic ideal.