A provocative new view of the history of U.S. 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 U.S. 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 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. 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." The presumption
that, as an exceptionally virtuous nation, the United States
possesses a special right to exert power only encourages violence,
Hixson concludes, and he suggests some fruitful ways to redirect
foreign policy toward a more just and peaceful world.
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