Resources on the intellectual and political background of US liberal imperialism, also known as “Wilsonian internationalism”:
► Course Blog: Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Man’s Burden” (1899)
- Woodrow Wilson: Wikipedia entry
- Woodrow Wilson: Fourteen Points Speech, 1918
- Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on the League of Nations, 12 August 1919
- Senator Robert M. LaFollette: “Within a few months, Under a pretext of carrying democracy to the rest of the world, we have done more to undermine and destroy democracy in the United States than it will be possible for us as a nation to repair in a generation of time.”
- Senator Robert A. Taft: Wikipedia entry
- George W. Bush: “A light shines in the darkness, and the darkness shall not overcome it.” — The President’s Radio Address, December 22, 2001
- George W. Bush: “our cause is even larger than our country. Ours is the cause of human dignity; freedom guided by conscience and guarded by peace. This ideal of America is the hope of all mankind. That hope drew millions to this harbor. That hope still lights our way. And the light shines in the darkness. And the darkness will not overcome it.” — September 11 Anniversary Address, New York, September 11, 2002
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