HS080 - The Curious History of American Exceptionalism There is a history behind every word and American ‘exceptionalism’ is no exception. The video attempts to trace the idea and the practice of exceptionalism to its origin, to the ambition of the founders of the republic, to its expression even in the symbols on the dollar bill and to the not-so-craftily-hidden and not always successful American efforts to annex nations, openly or obscurely.

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