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

2 The crystallization of universalism

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

3 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

4 Annexes 5 References