Godfrey Hodgson is associate fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
Godfrey Hodgson is associate fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford.
"Godfrey Hodgson has always been a sympathetic and insightful
friend of theUnited States. This is what makes his dismay toward
those who use the idea of American innocence to project American
power so compelling." Alan Wolfe, author of The Future of
Liberalism--Alan Wolfe"
"The idea of 'American exceptionalism, ' once a concept dear to the
sectarian Left, long ago evolved into a shibboleth of the
Republican Right. Godfrey Hodgson has trained his formidable
intelligence against the second of these and written a provocative
exploration of American history as well as American myth." Sean
Wilentz, Princeton University
--Sean Wilentz"
[The Myth of American Exceptionalism] is interesting and lucid as
it examines the errors and exaggerations in the national
self-image. -;i>Financial Times--Clive Cook"Financial Times"
(03/16/2009)"
A brilliant history, from the Puritans to the present, of our
belief in our exceptionalism political, economic, and moral and how
it has lately come to support inequality and hubris. Walter Nugent,
author of Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
--Walter Nugent"
Some of Hodgson s historical judgments warrant challenge, but this
timely and deeply felt, independent-minded polemic offers powerful
evidence that a belief in American exceptionalism hinders clear
thinking about the nation and world. Thomas Bender, author of A
Nation Among Nations: America s Place in World History--Thomas
Bender"
"A brilliant history, from the Puritans to the present, of our
belief in our exceptionalism--political, economic, and moral--and
how it has lately come to support inequality and hubris."--Walter
Nugent, author of "Habits of Empire: A History of American
Expansion "
--Walter Nugent
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