LEADER 02915nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910822967703321 005 20230721024939.0 010 $a0-8166-7070-6 035 $a(CKB)2520000000007997 035 $a(EBL)496588 035 $a(OCoLC)593295904 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11265809 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388388 035 $a(PQKB)11148621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496588 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse33063 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372225 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL523119 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000007997 100 $a20090715d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe new American exceptionalism$b[electronic resource] /$fDonald E. Pease 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (260 p.) 225 1 $aCritical American studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-2783-5 311 $a0-8166-2782-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the United States of fantasy -- Staging the new world order: Hiroshima, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Persian Gulf War -- America of the two covenants: the Waco siege and the Oklahoma City bombing -- A national rite of passage: the return of Alexis de Tocqueville -- Patriot acts: the Southernification of America -- From virgin land to Ground Zero: mythological foundations of the homeland security state -- Antigone's kin: from Abu Ghraib to Barack Obama. 330 $aFor a half century following the end of World War II, the seemingly permanent cold war provided the United States with an organizing logic that governed nearly every aspect of American society and culture, giving rise to an unwavering belief in the nation's exceptionalism in global affairs and world history. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this cold war paradigm was replaced by a series of new ideological narratives that ultimately resulted in the establishment of another potentially endless war: the global war on terror. In The New American Exceptionalism, pioneering scholar Donald E. 410 0$aCritical American studies series. 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989- 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a973 700 $aPease$b Donald E$01604931 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822967703321 996 $aThe new American exceptionalism$93954892 997 $aUNINA