Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11976
BEACON OF PREEDOM: 'AT BEST A REVOLVING LIGHT'
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 31, Heft 3, S. 399-412
ISSN: 0020-7020
THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE MOOD AND ATTITUDES OF THE USA DURING ITS CENTENNIAL IN 1876 AND DESCRIBES WHAT THE AMERICAN MOOD IS DURING ITS BICENTENNIAL YEAR, AND SHOWS THAT THE "YOUNG AMERICAN" IS NOW AN OFTEN DISILLUSIONED SUPERPOWER THAT SEEMS TO BE DETERMINED TO AVOID EURTHER CRUSADES ABROAD AND INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF ITS , LIFE AT HOME DURING ITS BICENTENNIAL YEAR.