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

by Walter L. Hixson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300151314
• ISBN13: 9780300151312
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"