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Meeting the Enemy : American Exceptionalism and International Law

Since its founding, the United States has defined itself as the supreme protector of freedom throughout the world, pointing to its Constitution as the model of law to ensure democracy at home and to protect human rights internationally. Although the United States has consistently emphasized the impo...

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Autor principal: Saito, Natsu Taylor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Acknowledgments; Introduction: "A Distinctly American Internationalism"; 1 Saving Civilization: The War on Terror; 2 Civilizing the Other: Colonial Origins of International Law; 3 "A City on a Hill": America as Exception; 4 Establishing the Republic: First Principles and American Identity; 5 A Manifest Destiny: Colonizing the Continent; 6 American Imperial Expansion; 7 Making the World Safe for Democracy; 8 The New World Order and American Hegemony; 9 Confronting American Exceptionalism; Notes; Works Cited; List of Cases; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R. 
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