Virtue Power Persistent Moral by Kane John (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. 403 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 403 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

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Condition: New. 2008. hardcover. . . . . .

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In this survey of U.S. history, John Kane looks at the tensions between American virtue and power and how those tensions have influenced foreign policy. Americans have long been suspicious of power as a threat to individual liberty, Kane argues, and yet the growth of national power has been perceived as a natural byproduct of American virtue. This contradiction has posed a persistent crisis that has influenced the trajectory of American diplomacy and foreign relations for more than two hundred years. Kane examines the various challenges, including emerging Nationalism, isolationism, and burgeoning American power, which have at times challenged not only foreign policy but American national identity. The events of September 11, 2001, rekindled Americans' sense of righteousness, the author observes, but the subsequent use of power in Iraq has raised questions about the nation's virtue and, as in earlier days, cast a deep shadow over its purpose and direction.…

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