Award Date

1-1-1995

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Political Science

Number of Pages

156

Abstract

"Foreign policy is the face a nation wears to the world. The aim is the same for all states--the protection of national integrity and interest. But the manner in which a state conceives and conducts its foreign policy is greatly affected by national peculiarities."{dollar}\sp1{dollar} The focus of this thesis is to illuminate the national peculiarities that have put a unique face on American foreign policy. I will examine the two basic tenets, or impulses, that have characterized U.S. foreign policy development: the Jeffersonian, or idealist, impulse and the Hamiltonian, or realist, impulse. My purpose is to show that each impulse is inextricably intertwined in the political psyche of the American people and their leaders. It is my contention that the key to successful foreign policy is finding the right balance between these two essential threads of American political history and tradition. ftn{dollar}\sp1{dollar}Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Cycles of American History, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1986), p. 51.

Keywords

Alexander Hamilton; American; Balance; Centrality; Debate; Development; Foreign; Hamiltonian; Jeffersonian; Policy; Striking; Thomas Jefferson

Controlled Subject

International law; Political science

File Format

pdf

File Size

5826.56 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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