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Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Origins and Significance of the American Mythology -- 3 Founding a Virtuous Republic -- 4 Problems of Virtue and Power -- 5 Nonentanglement: The Economic Dimension -- 6 Nonentanglement: The Political Dimension -- 7 Innocent Virtue and the Conquest of a Continent -- 8 From Imperialism to World Peace -- 9 Woodrow Wilson and the Reign of Virtue -- 10 Disillusionment and Hope -- 11 American Isolation -- 12 American Virtue and the Soviet Challenge -- 13 Anticommunism and American Virtue -- 14 Cold War Ironies -- 15 Vietnam: Virtue Stained, Power Humbled

It is often said that politics is an amoral realm of power and interest in which moral judgment is irrelevant. In this book, by contrast, John Kane argues that people's positive moral judgments of political actors and institutions provide leaders with an important resource, which he christens 'moral capital'. Negative judgements cause a loss of moral capital which jeopardizes legitimacy and political survival. Studies of several historical and contemporary leaders - Lincoln, de Gaulle, Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi - illustrate the significance of moral capital for political legitimation, mobilizing support, and the creation of strategic opportunities. In the book's final section, Kane applies his arguments to the American presidency from Kennedy to Clinton. He argues that a moral crisis has afflicted the nation at its mythical heart and has been refracted through and enacted within its central institutions, eroding the moral capital of government and people and undermining the nation's morale

Kane, J.; Patapan, H.: Foreword: democracies at war. - S. 285-291 Kane, J.: Democracy and world peace : the Kantian dilemma of United States foreign policy. - S. 292-312 Patapan, H.: Democratic international relations : Montesquieu and the theoretical foundations of democratic peace theory. - S. 313-329 Owens, J.F.: The resilience of democratic institutions in Britain, Australia and the United States under conditions of total war. - S. 330-348 Rousseau, D.L.; Thrall, A.T.; Schulzke, M.; Sin, S.S.: Democratic leader and war : simultaneously managing external conflicts and domestic politics. - S. 349-364 Merom, G.: The age o asicial war : democratic intervention and counterinsurgency in the twenty-first century. - S. 365-380 Lockyer, A.: How democracies exit small wars : the role of opposition parties in war termination. - S. 381-396

This article explores the relationship between U.S. phenomena of being key holder of the world's reserve currency and the "relative unimportance of socio-economic class within American politics". The author discusses the hegemony initiated through Bretton Woods; stating further, "put simply, the right of seigniorage creates a global demand for the dollar might not have otherwise existed, thereby creating a global need for the dollar's value to remain relatively stable." Next, the author examines premise that U.S. consumption and various modes of spending cannot be sustained, looking at the currency situation with the Chinese; and presents the emergence of a new hegemonic dynamism. The article also highlights factors throughout U.S. economic history over the past four decades, including the impact of U.S. Dollar, and the American economic system. Next, the author presents the "age of sobriety", delving into current the U.S. international economic and military position; lessons learned from America's neighbors in the South; and the return to class politics. References. M. Diem