The Tragedy of U.S. Foreign Policy: How America's Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest

by Walter A. McDougall

Book Overview

A fierce critique of civil religion as the taproot of America's bid for global hegemony

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Walter A. McDougall argues powerfully that a pervasive but radically changing faith that "God is on our side" has inspired U.S. foreign policy ever since 1776. The first comprehensive study of the role played by civil religion in U.S. foreign relations over the entire course of the country's history, McDougall's book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300211457
• ISBN13: 9780300211450
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"