Explore AHS’s New Publication “1776: The Beginnings of American Exceptionalism Abroad”
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AHS is excited to share that our latest publication, 1776: The Beginnings of American Exceptionalism Abroad, is now available digitally on our website. Created with the goal to encourage renewed engagement with American foundational ideas, this project serves as both a resource and a touchstone for the rising generation of foreign policy leaders.
This collection of essays showcases ten AHS alumni voices in the Washington policymaking arena as they revisit principles shaped by Hamilton, Washington, Jefferson, and their contemporaries. Created to reflect on and re-examine the ideas that first defined America’s role in the world, this volume arrives as our nation approaches its semiquincentennial in 2026.
Featured essays include:
“I am Large, I Contain Multitudes: Defining and Defending This Exceptional Nation” by Mike Watson, Hudson Institute
“America’s First: The Statesmanship and Statecraft of President George Washington” by Rachel Hoff, Ronald Reagan Institute
“Between Republic and Empire: How Constitutional Ratification Rejected Isolationism” by Luke Schumacher, University of Virginia
“The Religious Republic: America’s Statecraft Under God” by Nathan Hitchen, U.S. Government
“To Raise an Army: Founding America’s Military” by Yashar Parsie, Washington, D.C. Analyst
“Maritime America: Sea Power, the Early Republic, and America’s Lost Maritime Strategic Tradition” by Samuel Byers, Center for Maritime Strategy
“Leading The People to Liberty: Franco-American Military Relations in an Age of Revolution” by Ashley Rhoades, Washington, D.C. Analyst
“Wary Peace: Anglo-American Relations Between 1783-1808 ” by Eamonn Bellin, Georgetown University
“Expansion By Design: America’s Continental Ambition” by Andrew Gabel, Washington, D.C.-based attorney
“Outgrowing Empire: The Commercial Origins of American National Identity” by Austin Merkel, The Alexander Hamilton Society
This publication was led from its inception by Interim Executive Director Molly Tobin and edited by Blake Seitz and TS Allen.
We invite you to explore these essays, engage with their perspectives, and consider how the lessons of our founding era illuminate America’s path forward. Stay tuned and follow along for more content from 1776: The Beginnings of American Exceptionalism Abroad.