Meeting the enemy American exceptionalism and international law / [electronic resource] :
Natsu Taylor Saito.
- New York : New York University Press, 2010.
- ix, 374 p.
- Critical America .
- Critical America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A distinctly American internationalism" -- Saving civilization : the war on terror -- Civilizing the other : colonial origins of international law -- "A city on a hill" : America as exception -- Establishing the republic : first principles and American identity -- A manifest destiny : colonizing the continent -- American imperial expansion -- Making the world safe for democracy -- The new world order and American hegemony -- Confronting American exceptionalism.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Exceptionalism--History.--United States Manifest Destiny. International law.
United States--Foreign relations. United States--Territorial expansion.