Summary
Overview
Key Readings
This four-volume collection brings together the academic writings of scholars who have examined America's foreign policy through the lens of diverse and often contradictory political traditions that stretch back to the founding of the United States, including liberalism, messianism, and isolationism. The selected papers address the historical development of these traditions, their application for understanding contemporary US foreign policy, the emergence of new traditions such as neoconservatism, and the perpetual existence of anti-Americanism.
Introduction
A compilation of the volume Introductions.
Introduction to Volume I and II: America's Conflicting Foreign Policy Traditions: An Introduction
The study of political traditions is one of the most important American contributions to the study of political history and the social sciences. In the twentieth century Richard Hofstadter's The American Political Tradition (1948), Louis Hartz's The Liberal Tradition in America (1955) and Seymour Martin Lipset's American Exceptionalüm (1996) were three of the stand-out works in the field of politics. All offer bold assessments of American political history and the American condition, and follow in the footsteps of Alexis de Tocqueville's sweeping and rightly recognised nineteenth-century masterpiece Democracy in America. These works challenge readers to think broadly about the human experience often across decades, if not centuries. ...
Table of Contents
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Volume I: The Foundations of the American Tradition
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The Idea of Foreign Policy Traditions
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Renée Jeffery
2005
Millenium: Journal of International Studies
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The American Tradition
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2. The American Foreign Policy Tradition
Walter Mead
2002
Special Providence
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Henry Kissinger
1994
Diplomacy
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4. Colonial Origins of American Diplomatic Principles
Max Savelle
1934
Pacific Historical Review
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5. Back to Bedrock: The Eight Traditions of American Statecraft
Walter McDougall
1997
Foreign Affairs
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Michael Dunne
2001
The Virginia Quarterly Review
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Messianism, Exceptionalism and Realism
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7. Liberty, or Exceptionalism (so called)
Walter McDougall
1997
Promised Land, Crusader State
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8. Messianism, Exemplary and Dynamic
Anatol Lieven
2004
America Right or Wrong
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9. An American Tradition in Foreign Affairs
Norman Graebner
1989
The Virginia Quarterly Review
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The British Inheritance/Enemy
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10. “Introduction” and “The Gyroscope and the Pyramid”
Walter Mead
2007
God and Gold
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Washington's Legacy and Unilateralism
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11. Intellectual Foundations of Early American Diplomacy
James Hutson
1977
Diplomacy History
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12. Unilateralism, or Isolationism (so called)
Walter McDougall
1997
Promised Land, Crusader State
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The Hamiltonian Tradition
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13. Introduction: Special Providence
Walter Mead
2002
Special Providence
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The Jeffersonian Tradition
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14. “Jefferson and the Diplomacy of the Old Regime” and “Conquering without War”
Robert Tucker | David Hendrickson
1992
Empire of Liberty
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15. Jefferson and an American Foreign Policy
Walter LaFeber
1993
Jeffersonian Legacies
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The Jacksonian Tradition
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16. Antithesis Part I: The Embittered Heartland
Anatol Lieven
2004
America Right or Wrong
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17. Taking Center Stage: Southerners and Vietnam, 1954–1973
Joseph Fry
2002
Dixie Looks Abroad
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Volume II: The Traditions of a Great Power
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The Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny
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18. The Evolution of the Monroe Doctrine from Monroe to Reagan
Walter LaFeber
1986
Refining the Past
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19. Destinies and Destinations, 1820–1865
Andreas Stephanson
1995
Manifest Destiny
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American Imperialism?
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20. Is There an American Imperialism?
Dexter Perkins
1962
The American Approach to Foreign Policy
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21. Imperialism, American Style, 1890–1916
Joseph Fry
1994
American Foreign Relations Reconsidered: 1890–1993
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Anti-Imperialism
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22. Anti-Imperialism
Robert Buzzanco
2001
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
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23. 1898 and 1968: The Anti-Imperialists and the Doves
Robert Beisner
1970
Political Science Quarterly
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Open Door Policy and Williams' Extension
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24. Open Door Policy
Mark Lawrence
2001
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
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25. The Tragedy of American Diplomacy: Twenty-Five Years After
Bradford Perkins
1984
Reviews in American History
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26. The Open Door and American Hegemony in Western Europe
Christopher Layne
2006
The Peace of Illusions
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Isolationism and the Anti-War Tradition
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Cecil Crabb
1986
Excerpt from Ch 1 “The Isolationist Heritage” from Policymakers and Critics: Conflicting Theories of American Foreign Policy
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Arthur Ekirch
1966
Ideas, Ideals, and American Diplomacy
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The Wilsonian Tradition and American Liberalism
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29. The Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur: Wilsonianism and Its Mission
Walter Mead
2002
Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World
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30. Liberal Democratic Internationalism
Tony Smith
2007
A Pact with the Devil
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31. Hegemony on the Cheap: Liberal Internationalism from Wilson to Bush
Colin Dueck
2003
World Policy Journal
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Containment and American Realism
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32. Containment
Walter McDougall
1997
Promised Land, Crusader State
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33. Prophets and Poseurs: Niebuhr and Our Times
Andrew Bacevich
2008
World Affairs
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The Past and the Future
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34. Trade-Offs: America's Foreign Policy Traditions
Henry Nau | Brendon O'Connor
2002
At Home Abroad
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Volume III: Anti-American Tradition
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Early History: Environmental, Cultural and Political Inferiority
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36. European Anti-Americanism: A Brief Historical Overview
Andrei Markovits
2007
Uncouth Nation: Why Europe Dislikes America
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37. Imagining America: The Promise and Peril of Boundlessness
David Kennedy
2007
Anti-Americanisms in World Politics
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38. American Responses to the Degeneracy Thesis
James Ceaser
1997
Reconstructing America: The Symbol of America in Modern Thought
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Philippe Roger | Sharon Bowman
2005
The American Enemy: A Story of French Anti-Americanism
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40. America Has Gone Mad: Anti-Americanism in Historical Perspective
Tony Judt
1992
In Past Imperfect: French Intellectuals, 1944–1956
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Henry Pelling
1957
America and the British Left
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Cold War Anti-Americanism
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42. The Pilgrimage to Nicaragua
Paul Hollander
1995
Anti-Americanism: Irrational & Rational
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43. Was De Gaulle Anti-American?
Richard Kuisel
1992
La Revue Tocqueville/The Tocqueville Review
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44. Anti-Americanism at Home and Abroad
Henry Fairlie
1975
Commentary
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William Lederer | Eugene Burdick
1958
The Ugly American
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46. The Changeable Soviet Image of America
Vladimir Shlapentokh
1988
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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After September 11, 2001
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47. How the World Sees America: The Causes and Consequences of Anti-Americanism
Richard Crockatt
2003
America Embattled: September 11, Anti-Americanism, and the Global Order
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Josef Joffe
2001
The National Interest
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49. Introduction: The New Virulence and Popularity
Paul Hollander
2004
Understanding Anti-Americanism: Its Origins and Impact at Home and Abroad
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Barry Rubin | Judith Rubin
2004
Hating America: A History
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51. Are We All Americans Now? — Explaining Anti-Americanisms
Robert Singh
2006
The Rise of Anti-Americanism
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52. Acting Together — Or Alone
Andrew Kohut | Bruce Stokes
2006
America against the World: How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked
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53. The Worst Society That Ever Was
Jean-Francois Revel
2003
Anti-Americanism
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Bush and Anti-Americanism
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54. George W. Bush and Anti-Americanism
Brendon O'Connor
2007
Anti-Americanism: History, Causes, and Themes – In the 21st Century, Volume 4
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55. George W. Bush, Religion and European Anti-Americanism
D. Jason Berggren | Nicol Rae
2007
Anti-Americanism: History, Causes, and Themes – Volume 1, Causes and Sources
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Volume IV: Regional and National Varieties of Anti-Americanism
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56. Anti-Americanism in the Third World
Alvin Rubinstein | Donald Smith
1988
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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57. Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean: “False Populism” or Coming Full Circle?
Alan McPherson
2007
The Anti-American Century
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58. The 3:10 to Yuma
Ana María Dopico
2004
Anti-Americanism
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59. “Bradenism” and Beyond: Argentine Anti-Americanism, 1945–1953
Glenn Dorn
2006
Anti-Americanism in Latin America and the Caribbean
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60. Anti-Americanism in Canada
Kim Nossal
2007
Anti-Americanism: History, Causes, and Themes, Comparative Perspectives
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61. Anti-Americanism in Russia — From Stalin to Putin: Conclusion
Eric Shiraev | Vladislav Zubok
2000
Anti-Americanism in Russia: From Stalin to Putin
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62. Anti-Americanism in French and European Public Opinion
Gérard Grunberg
2005
With Us or Against Us: Studies in Global Anti-Americanism
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63. Anti-Americanisms in France
Sophie Meunier
2005
French Politics, Culture & Society
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64. Turkey
Julia Sweig
2006
Friendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century
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65. The Anti-American Century?
Ivan Krastev
2004
Journal of Democracy
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Warren Cohen | Nancy Tucker
2006
The American Historical Review
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67. Yongmi: Pragmatic Anti-Americanism in South Korea
Yongshik Bong
2004
The Brown Journal of World Affairs
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68. Chinese Attitudes toward the United States and Americans
Alastair Johnston | Daniela Stockmann
2007
Anti-Americanisms in World Politics
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69. Okinawa: Asia's Last Colony
Chalmers Johnson
2002
Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
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70. Iran
Wilfried Buchta
2006
Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World
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71. America, Israel and Anti-Americanism in the Middle East
John Chiddick
2006
The Rise of Anti-Americanism
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72. American Power and Anti-Americanism in the Middle East
Timothy Mitchell
2004
Anti-Americanism
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