Fanis, Maria.

Secular morality and international security American and British decisions about war / [electronic resource] : Maria Fanis. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2011. - xii, 240 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : a theory of national interest and national identity formation -- In defense of the British empire : Great Britain's national identity of loyal patriotism and the War of 1812 -- In defense of the American republic : the American national identity of neo-Jeffersonian republicanism and liberal commerce -- The American national identity of romantic evangelicalism and the pacific resolution of the Oregon crisis -- Great Britain's national identity of evangelical free trade and the pacific resolution of the Oregon dispute.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780472026395 (electronic bk.)




War--Causes--Case studies.
National interest--Case studies.
Nationalism--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
National interest--History--Great Britain--19th century.
National interest--History--United States--20th century.
Nationalism--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--19th century.
Oregon question.


United States--History--War of 1812.


Electronic books.

JZ6385 / .F36 2011

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