MICHAEL E. SALLA is an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service, American University. Previously he was a lecturer at the Australian National University. He has been involved in non-offical peacemaking efforts for ethnic conflicts in East Timor and Kosovo since 1995. He is the author of Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and the West and co-editor of Why the Cold War Ended (Greenwood Press, 1995).

• IntroductionThe Hero's JourneyThe "Hero's Journey" in World PoliticsAmerica's First Hero's JourneyAmerica's Second Hero's Journey (1823-1855)--Rule of Law and Manifest DestinyThe Third Hero's Journey (1855-1891)--Civil War and the Monroe DoctrineAmerica's Fourth Hero's Journey (1889-1912)-- America's Rise to Great Power StatusAmerica's Fifth Hero's Journey (1913-1933)-- Making the World Safe for DemocracyAmerica's Sixth Hero's Journey (1933-1974)--The Democratic Struggle Against Facism and CommunismAmerica's Seventh Hero's Journey (1974-)--Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and the New World OrderRenewing America's Seventh Hero's Journey for the Second American CenturyConclusionBibliographyIndex

MICHAEL E. SALLA is an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service, American University. Previously he was a lecturer at the Australian National University. He has been involved in non-offical peacemaking efforts for ethnic conflicts in East Timor and Kosovo since 1995. He is the author of Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and the West and co-editor of Why the Cold War Ended (Greenwood Press, 1995).

• IntroductionThe Hero's JourneyThe "Hero's Journey" in World PoliticsAmerica's First Hero's JourneyAmerica's Second Hero's Journey (1823-1855)--Rule of Law and Manifest DestinyThe Third Hero's Journey (1855-1891)--Civil War and the Monroe DoctrineAmerica's Fourth Hero's Journey (1889-1912)-- America's Rise to Great Power StatusAmerica's Fifth Hero's Journey (1913-1933)-- Making the World Safe for DemocracyAmerica's Sixth Hero's Journey (1933-1974)--The Democratic Struggle Against Facism and CommunismAmerica's Seventh Hero's Journey (1974-)--Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and the New World OrderRenewing America's Seventh Hero's Journey for the Second American CenturyConclusionBibliographyIndex

MICHAEL E. SALLA is an Assistant Professor in the School of International Service, American University. Previously he was a lecturer at the Australian National University. He has been involved in non-offical peacemaking efforts for ethnic conflicts in East Timor and Kosovo since 1995. He is the author of Islamic Radicalism, Muslim Nations and the West and co-editor of Why the Cold War Ended (Greenwood Press, 1995).

• IntroductionThe Hero's JourneyThe "Hero's Journey" in World PoliticsAmerica's First Hero's JourneyAmerica's Second Hero's Journey (1823-1855)--Rule of Law and Manifest DestinyThe Third Hero's Journey (1855-1891)--Civil War and the Monroe DoctrineAmerica's Fourth Hero's Journey (1889-1912)-- America's Rise to Great Power StatusAmerica's Fifth Hero's Journey (1913-1933)-- Making the World Safe for DemocracyAmerica's Sixth Hero's Journey (1933-1974)--The Democratic Struggle Against Facism and CommunismAmerica's Seventh Hero's Journey (1974-)--Human Rights, Humanitarian Intervention and the New World OrderRenewing America's Seventh Hero's Journey for the Second American CenturyConclusionBibliographyIndex