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

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Effortsbypolicymakersintheotherthreeschoolstofinesse these
issuesoftenexacerbatethebasicproblem,whichisthecultural,political,
andclassdistancebetweenJacksonianAmericaandtherepresentativesof
theotherschools.AttemptstomaskHamiltonianorWilsonianpolicies
inJacksonianrhetoric,orotherwisetomisrepresentorhideunpopular
policies,mayserveintheshortrun,butultimatelytheycanleadtoa
collapseofpopularconfidenceinanadministrationandthestiffening
ofresistancetoanyandallpoliciesdeemedsuspect..Whenmisguided
politicaladviserspersuadedthedistinctivelyunmilitaryMassachusetts
governorMichaelDukakistoputona helmetandgetinatankfora tele-
visioncommercialduringhis 1988 presidentialcampaign, theyonly
advertisedhowfaroutoftouchwithJacksonianAmericatheywere.