{"product_id":"american-exceptionalism-hilde-eliassen-restad-9780415817516","title":"American Exceptionalism: An Idea That Made a Nation and Remade the World","description":"\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\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, Hilde Eliassen Restad challenges this assumption, arguing that U.S. history has displayed a remarkably constant foreign policy tradition, which she labels unilateral internationalism. The United States, Restad argues, has not vacillated between an \"exemplary\" and a \"missionary\" identity. Instead, the United States developed an exceptionalist identity that, while idealizing 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. Utilizing 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\u003cp\u003eThis work will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy, security studies, and American politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilde Eliassen Restad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041581751X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415817516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2015","brand":"Hilde Eliassen Restad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064961806591,"sku":"9780415817516","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_140f8448-20f7-4410-b52c-585efbe17dbc.jpg?v=1768672208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-exceptionalism-hilde-eliassen-restad-9780415817516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}