The perversion of empire: Edmund burke and the nature of imperial responsibility

Manifest Destiny Adapted for 1990s' War Discourse: Mission and Destiny Intertwined

“…That America's self-definition, its myth of origin (Bulman 1991, Tillich 1933, would emphasize these real of perceived virtues over its weaknesses should be no surprise. Various studies (Bass 1995;Bormann 1985;Dimont 1971;Galtung 1987;Hackett and Zhao 1994;Horseman 1981;Lewis 1987;Stephanson 1995) have noted that numerous peoples have held or continue to hold a self-image as superior, unique, and/or chosen.…”

War and the Contest over National Identity

“…7 See also 'Remarks at the Annual Conference of the National Religious Broadcasters,' January 28, 1991, WCPD 27 (5): 89. 8 For example, see: Horseman (1981: 35), where he discusses the concept among the Germanic people; Bass (1995) for a focus on Britain; Baritz (1964), Galtung (1987), Bormann (1985, and Weinberg (1935), for a look at US concepts of chosen people. Bormann traces these concepts back to the Puritan jeremiads of the 1600s,which have their roots in the Hebrew concept of the Jews as a chosen people.…”