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Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This text explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders.

Origins and significance of the American mythology -- Founding a virtuous republic -- Problems of virtue and power -- Nonentanglement : the economic dimension -- Nonentanglement : the political dimension -- Innocent virtue and the conquest of a continent -- From imperialism to world peace -- Woodrow Wilson and the reign of virtue -- Disillusionment and hope -- American isolation -- American virtue and the Soviet challenge -- Anticommunism and American virtue -- Cold War ironies -- Vietnam : virtue stained, power humbled -- Putting Humpty together again -- Offended innocence, righteous wrath

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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