Saito, Natsu Taylor.

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.


Electronic books.

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