From Exceptionalism to American Universalism

Components of exceptionalism

   1.1 American Democracy
   1.2 A modern laboratory
   1.3 A chosen people: the "Manifest destiny".
   1.4 Permanent conquest of the border
   1.5 A world country

The crystallization of universalism

   2.1 The end and the means
   2.2 A multiplicity of actors
   2.3 Entering the arena of powers

The Dilemmas of United States Foreign Policy

   3.1 Imperialism and Freedom
   3.2 Isolationism and Interventionism
   3.3 Between idealism and realism
   3.4 Unilateralism and multilateralism