National security and core values in American history /

There is no book quite like National Security and Core Values in American History. Drawing upon themes from the whole of the nation's past, William O. Walker III presents a new interpretation of the history of American exceptionalism, that is, of the basic values and liberties that have given t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, William O., III, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Temas:
National security > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Diplomatic relations
National security
Außenpolitik
Innere Sicherheit
Nationale veiligheid.
United States > Foreign relations.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States
USA
Verenigde Staten.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Commerce, expansion, and republican virtue
  • The first national security state
  • The postwar era and American values
  • The construction of global containment
  • Civic virtue in Richard Nixon's America
  • Core values and strategic globalism through 1988
  • The false promise of a new world order
  • Globalization and militarism
  • The War on Terror and core values
  • Conclusion: the security ethos and civic virtue.

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