... 's role in the post-war world It incorporated principles of national greatness and global responsibility."28 John Ruggie summarises the transition between the wars well; "Old world power-political reasoning in support of that mission had held little allure for the American people - protected by two oceans, with friendly and weaker neighbours to the North and South, and pulled into two costly world wars".29 However Ruggie ... exceptionalism as noted by Ian Tyrell. The importance of this in regards to the start of the Cold War was proven by the way in which Truman's administration would ca...

• Word Count: 4596
• Approx Pages: 18

... ), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. The predominant attitude was what in the 20th century is called isolationism. The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the presidency of James Madison: the enactment of the first U.S. protective tariff ... to obey consciously the laws of the universe as revealed by reason. He believed that the welfare of each individual should properly be regarded as an end in itself and that the wor...

• Word Count: 4131
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... ), it really began in 1815, when for the first time American citizens could afford to pay less attention to European political and military affairs. The predominant attitude was what in the 20th century is called isolationism. The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the presidency of James Madison: the enactment of the first U.S. protective tariff ... to obey consciously the laws of the universe as revealed by reason. He believed that the welfare of each individual should properly be regarded as an end in itself and that the wor...

• Word Count: 4234
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate