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Secular morality and international security American and British decisions about war

Title: Secular morality and international security [electronic resource] : American and British decisions about war / Maria Fanis.
Author: Fanis, Maria.
Publication: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011.

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Description

1 online resource (xii, 240 p.)

Uniform Title

Secular morality and international security (Online)

Alternative Title

Secular morality and international security (Online)

Subject

War > Causes > Case studies
National interest > Case studies
Nationalism > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies
National interest > Great Britain > History > 19th century
National interest > United States > History > 20th century
Nationalism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century
Oregon question
United States > History > War of 1812

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Introduction : a theory of national interest and national identity formation -- In defense of the British empire : Great Britain's national identity of loyal patriotism and the War of 1812 -- In defense of the American republic : the American national identity of neo-Jeffersonian republicanism and liberal commerce -- The American national identity of romantic evangelicalism and the pacific resolution of the Oregon crisis -- Great Britain's national identity of evangelical free trade and the pacific resolution of the Oregon dispute.

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