{"product_id":"american-exceptionalism-by-hilde-eliassen-restad-9780415817516","title":"American Exceptionalism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow does American exceptionalism shape American foreign policy? Conventional wisdom states that American exceptionalism comes in two variations – the exemplary version and the missionary version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeing exceptional, experts in U.S. foreign policy argue, means that you either withdraw from the world like an isolated but inspiring \"city upon a hill,\" or that you are called upon to actively lead the rest of the world to a better future. In her book, \u003cem\u003eAmerican Exceptionalism\u003c\/em\u003e, Hilde Eliassen Restad challenges this assumption, arguing that U.S. history has displayed a remarkably constant foreign policy tradition, which she labels unilateral internationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States, Restad argues, has not vacillated between an \"exemplary\" and a \"missionary\" identity. Instead, the United States developed an exceptionalist identity that, while idealising the United States as an exemplary \"city upon a hill,\" more often than not errs on the side of the missionary crusade in its foreign policy. By utilising the latest historiography in the study of U.S. foreign relations, the book updates political science scholarship and sheds new light on the role American exceptionalism has played – and continues to play – in shaping America’s role in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis work will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy, security studies, and American politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604971995372,"sku":"9780415817516","price":376.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780415817516-american-exceptionalism.jpg?v=1778117650","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/american-exceptionalism-by-hilde-eliassen-restad-9780415817516","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}