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A Double-Edged Sword: Use & Abuse of American Exceptionalism.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Double-Edged Sword: Use & Abuse of American Exceptionalism./
Author:	Edvardsson, Anders W.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	474 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International82-12A.
Subject:	Political science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28320500
ISBN:	9798738644009

A Double-Edged Sword: Use & Abuse of American Exceptionalism.
Edvardsson, Anders W.

A Double-Edged Sword: Use & Abuse of American Exceptionalism. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 474 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 82-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Catholic University of America, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This dissertation scrutinizes how American Exceptionalism evolved from a collection of Christian and English legends around 1776 into today's well-organized narrative central to Americans' self-perception and political discourse. It is based upon an extensive qualitative study of primary sources and focuses on how U.S. presidents have used the concept to further their agendas following the 1898 Spanish-American War. Specifically, this thesis shows that the use of exceptionalist themes has increased over time. It has become critical as a justification for an active foreign policy, particularly in times of war when it is used to enhance national unity abroad and further reform domestic policy reforms at home. Thanks to social and cultural changes that began in the 1970s, the concept's effectiveness in the latter realm has diminished. Moreover, as Democrats, for ideological reasons, have distanced themselves from some of the concept's themes, it has become ever more associated with the Republican Party, which has remained loyal to its notions. The concept is thus today as much a matter of political dispute as of national unity. Finally, this thesis probes how American Exceptionalism has been echoed in popular culture and official U.S. propaganda, especially during the Cold War.

ISBN: 9798738644009Subjects--Topical Terms:

528916
Political science.
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American Exceptionalism

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