2004

The Role of Exceptionalism

in U.S. Foreign Policy

Appeal?

System of Government?

Wealth?

Nation?

Power?

80 %

National Crises-Narrative

Great Power Curse

Foreign Policy Justification

John Winthrop

Alexis de Tocqueville

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George W. Bush

Societal Core

1914

1776

1989

1929

1840

1630

46 %

Thomas Paine

Ronald Reagan

Woodrow Wilson

Foreign Policy Balance

Isolationism

Internationalism

Debate

In the context of global history,

can we identify factors which shape a truly exceptional role of the United States?