The new American exceptionalism / Donald E. Pease.
For a half century following the end of World War II, the seemingly permanent cold war provided the United States with an organizing logic that governed nearly every aspect of American society and culture, giving rise to an unwavering belief in the nation's exceptionalism in global affairs and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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University of Minnesota Press,
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| Series: | Critical American studies series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | For a half century following the end of World War II, the seemingly permanent cold war provided the United States with an organizing logic that governed nearly every aspect of American society and culture, giving rise to an unwavering belief in the nation's exceptionalism in global affairs and world history. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this cold war paradigm was replaced by a series of new ideological narratives that ultimately resulted in the establishment of another potentially endless war: the global war on terror. In The New American Exceptionalism, pioneering scholar Donald E. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 246 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816670703 0816670706 |