The Irony of Manifest Destiny: The Tragedy of America's Foreign Policy

摘要

It would be comforting to believe that truly great nations save themselves from the consequences of their periodic follies thanks to an outsized capacity for enlightened self-criticism. If so, there may be hope still for America. Not since Vietnam have American critics from all sides held up national policies and institutions to such a searching and pitiless examination. In this universe, Bill Pfaff has long occupied a special place. He is a particular American specialty: the learned and cultivated expatriate who knows his country all the better for living outside it.