Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-355) and index.
"A distinctly American internationalism" -- Saving civilization : the war on terror -- Civilizing the other : colonial origins of international law -- "A city on a hill" : America as exception -- Establishing the republic : first principles and American identity -- A manifest destiny : colonizing the continent -- American imperial expansion -- Making the world safe for democracy -- The new world order and American hegemony -- Confronting American exceptionalism