TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCrisken,Trevor
TI  - American exceptionalism and the legacy of Vietnam: US foreign policy since 1974 
SN  - 0333970144
U1  - 327.73 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Hampshire, New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Vietnam War, 1961-1975
KW  - Influence
KW  - National characteristics, American
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Exceptionalism
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 20th Century
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; American exceptionalism: an introduction -- 
The end of American exceptionalism? The Cold War and Vietnam -- 
Gerald Ford and the time for healing -- 
Jimmy Carter - mortality and the crisis of confidence -- 
Ronald Reagan - 'America is back' -- 
George Bush - the 'vision thing' and the New World Order -- 
Bill Clinton and the 'indispensable nation' -- 
Conclusions: American exceptionalism and the legacy of Vietnam
N2  - American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam examines the influence of the belief in American exceptionalism on the history of U.S. foreign policy since the Vietnam War. Trevor B. McCrisken analyzes attempts by each post-Vietnam U.S. administration to revive the popular belief in exceptionalism both rhetorically and by pursuing foreign policy supposedly grounded in traditional American principles. He argues that exceptionalism consistently provided the framework for foreign policy discourse but that the conduct of foreign affairs was limited by the Vietnam syndrome
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