UNITED STATES: 'Exceptionalism' still shapes outlook

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  • Exceptionalism assumptions
  • Nation and destiny
  • Separate and different
  • Foreign policy
  • Exemplary versus missionary strand
  • Policy debates
  • Exemplar model
  • 'Manifest destiny'
  • 'Great debate'
  • Vietnam and exceptionalism

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