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Author:

Kane, John, 1945 Apr. 18-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 403 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
United States--Philosophy.--Philosophy.
United States--Territorial expansion.
Imperialism--History.
Virtue--History.--United States--History.
Power (Social sciences)--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-391) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0300137125 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300137125 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008010955

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)