Between virtue and power : the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy /

Main Author: Kane, John, 1945 Apr. 18-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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245 1 |a Between virtue and power :  |b the persistent moral dilemma of U.S. foreign policy /  |c John Kane. 
260 1 |a New Haven :  |b Yale University Press,  |c c2008. 
300 1 |a x, 403 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-391) and index. 
505 1 |a Origins and significance of the American mythology -- Founding a virtuous republic -- Problems of virtue and power -- Nonentanglement : the economic dimension -- Nonentanglement : the political dimension -- Innocent virtue and the conquest of a continent -- From imperialism to world peace -- Woodrow Wilson and the reign of virtue -- Disillusionment and hope -- American isolation -- American virtue and the Soviet challenge -- Anticommunism and American virtue -- Cold War ironies -- Vietnam : virtue stained, power humbled -- Putting Humpty together again -- Offended innocence, righteous wrath. 
650 1 |a Imperialism  |x History 
650 1 |a Virtue  |x Political aspects  |z United States  |x History. 
650 1 |a Power (Social sciences)  |x History.  |z United States 
651 1 |a United States  |x Foreign relations 
651 1 |a United States  |x Foreign relations  |x Moral and ethical aspects. 
651 1 |a United States  |x Foreign relations  |x Philosophy 
651 1 |a United States  |x Territorial expansion 
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