Ideology & US Foreign Policy - Hardcover

'Hunt ranges across the whole of American history to uncover the attitudes which he identifies as a core ideology.' Charles Townshend, Times Literary Supplement. 'Clearly written and historically sound... A subtle critique and analysis.' Gaddis Smith, Foreign Affairs. 'A lean, plain-spoken treatment of a grand subject... A bold piece of criticism and advocacy... The right focus of the argument may insure its survival as one of the basic postwar critiques of U.S. policy.' John W. Dower, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 'A work of intellectual vigor and daring, impressive in its scholarship and imaginative in its use of material.' Ronald Steel, Reviews in American History. 'A masterpiece of historical compression.' Wilson Quarterly. 'A penetrating and provocative study... A pleasure both to read and to contemplate.' John Martz, Journal of Politics --TLS, Foreign Affairs, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Reviews in American History, Wilson Quarterly, Journal of Politics

In a major reinterpretation of American diplomatic history, Michael H. Hunt argues that there is an ideology that has shaped American foreign policy--an ideology based on a conception of national mission, on the racial classification of other peoples, and on hostility toward social revolutions--and he traces its rise and impact from the eighteenth century down to the present day.