Special Providence_ American Foreign Policy and How It Changed World - Walter Russell Mead

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policyasdisloyaltytotheAmericannation.Rather,deeperpublicunder-
standingoftheveryrichandvariedtraditionsofAmericanstatesman-
shipanddebatewilllegitimatedifferencesoverprioritiesandvaluesin
Americanforeignpolicy.Ifafterallthereis onelessonthatAmericanhis-
toryseemsunambiguouslytoteach,itisthata wideandfreedebateis
thebestmeanstoassuretheprosperity,thedestiny,theliberty,andthe
safetyoftheAmericanpeople.