The Hero's Journey Toward a Second American Century.

Intro -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Hero's Journey -- The Hero's Journey -- Jung's Theory of Archetypes -- Step 1 in the Hero's Journey-Call to Adventure -- Step 2 in the Hero's Journey-Great Remembering -- Step 3 in the Hero's Journey-The Return to Society -- Step 4 in the Hero's Journey-The Deep Forgetting -- 2 The Hero's Journey in World Politics -- Political Communities and the Hero's Journey -- States as Moral Actors -- States and the Hero's Journey -- 3 America's First Hero's Journey (1764-1822)-America as Beacon of Liberty and Republicanism -- America and the Hero's Journey -- America's First Hero's Journey (1764-1822) -- 4 America's Second Hero's Journey (1823-1855)-Rule of Law and Manifest Destiny -- Call to Adventure (1823-1831)-Promoting International Law -- Great Remembering (1831-1837)-The Issues of Relocation of Native Americans, Slavery, and Texas -- The Return to International Society (1837-1845)-Manifest Destiny -- Deep Forgetting (1846-1855)-American Imperialism -- 5 America's Third Hero's Journey (1855-1891)-Civil War and the Monroe Doctrine -- Call to Adventure (1855-1861)-Ending Slavery as a Moral Imperative -- Great Remembering (1861-1867)-Fighting to Preserve the Union and Emancipation -- The Return to International Society (1867-1875)-Reasserting the Monroe Doctrine -- Deep Forgetting (1875-1889)-Ignoring the Plight of Indians and Emancipated Slaves -- 6 America's Fourth Hero's Journey (1889-1912)-America's Rise to Great Power Status -- Call to Adventure (1889-1895)-Reasserting the Monroe Doctrine -- Great Remembering (1895-1898)-Supporting Cuban Independence -- The Return to International Society (1898-1903)-Commitment to Self-Determination -- Deep Forgetting (1903-1912)-Imperial America -- 7 America's Fifth Hero's Journey (1913-1933)-Making the World Safe for Democracy.

Call to Adventure (1913-1914)-Supporting Democracy in the Western Hemisphere -- Great Remembering (1914-1917)-Supporting European Democracies -- The Return to International Society (1917-1919)-Fighting for Self-Determination, Democracy, and a New World Order -- Deep Forgetting (1919-1933)-Isolationism Triumphant -- 8 America's Sixth Hero's Journey (1933-1974)-The Democratic Struggle against Fascism and Communism -- Call to Adventure (1933-1939)-Opposing International Aggression and Supporting Self-Determination -- Great Remembering (1939-1941)-From Neutrality to Nonbelligerency -- The Return to International Society (1941-1956)-World War II and the Cold War -- Deep Forgetting (1956-1974)-Ignoring Self-Determination in the Crusade against Communism -- 9 America's Seventh Hero's Journey (1974- )-Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention, and a New World Order -- Call to Adventure (1974-1981)-Human Rights Diplomacy -- Great Remembering (1981-1993)-Human Rights and New World Order -- The Return to International Society (1993- )-Humanitarian Intervention and New World Order -- America's Seventh Hero's Journey -- 10 Renewing America's Seventh Hero's Journey for the Second American Century -- Domestic Policy Imperatives -- Foreign Policy Imperatives -- Conclusion-America's Seventh Hero's Journey and the Second American Century -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

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