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Stephen Kinzer: The Brothers – Rise of Exceptionalism and Aspirations of Empire
Saturday, October 17, 2015 23:50
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jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com / By Jesse / 17 OCTOBER 2015
“Exceptionalism”—the view that the United States has a right to impose its will because it knows more, sees farther, and lives on a higher moral plane than other nations—was to them not a platitude, but the organizing principle of daily life and global politics…
With a glance, a nod, and a few words, without consulting anyone other than the President, the brothers could mobilize the full power of the United States anywhere in the world.”
Stephen Kinzer, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
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