Stephanson explores the origins of Manifest Destinythe American idea of providential and historical chosennessand shows how and why it has been invoked over the past three hundred years. He traces the roots of Manifest Destiny from the British settlement of North America and the rise of Puritanism through Woodrow Wilson's efforts to "make the world safe for democracy" and Ronald Reagan's struggle against the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. The result is a remarkable and necessary book about how faith in divinely ordained expansionism has marked the course of American history.
Stephanson explores the origins of Manifest Destinythe American idea of providential and historical chosennessand shows how and why it has been invoked over the past three hundred years. He traces the roots of Manifest Destiny from the British settlement of North America and the rise of Puritanism through Woodrow Wilson's efforts to "make the world safe for democracy" and Ronald Reagan's struggle against the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. The result is a remarkable and necessary book about how faith in divinely ordained expansionism has marked the course of American history.

Manifest Destiny: American Expansion and the Empire of Right
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Manifest Destiny: American Expansion and the Empire of Right
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780809015849 |
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Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date: | 01/31/1996 |
Series: | Hill and Wang Critical Issues |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 160 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.45(d) |