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This volume addresses the question of how the first United States foreign correspondents came to shape an American common sense about the rest of the world. The book also establishes the early history of the content of foreign news and editorials in American newspapers.

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Argues that the future of the United States' influence abroad lies in whether non-Americans keep believing in the American dream. This book shows what the essence of America is to non-Americans, and why their opinions matter.