Paul McCartney, Ph.D.

Currently researching the intersection of foreign policy, partisanship, and American nationalism.

Publications

• Book: Power and Progress: American National Identity, the War of 1898, and the Rise of American Imperialism, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
• *Nominated for several awards; finalist for Walter Bagehot/Henry Paolucci Prize, 2007.
• Articles, Chapters, and Reviews (Peer-reviewed publications have an asterisk): "Book Review: Michael Patrick Culliname, 'Liberty and American Anti-Imperialism, 1898-1909,'" American Historical Review, (April 2014), 535-536.
• *"Peace Without Victory: Third Party Diplomatic Intervention in Civil Conflicts," in From Mediation to Nation-Building: Third Parties and the Management of Ethnic Conflict, eds. William J. Lahneman and Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. (Lanham: Lexington, 2013), 19-32.
• *"Spanish-American War," in Oxford Bibliographies in Latino Studies, Oxford University Press, www.oxfordbibliographies.com, 2013.
• *"Conservative US Foreign Policy," in Still Soul Mates: Reflections on Conservative Politics in the United Kingdom and the United States, ed. Mark McNaught (Lanham: Lexington, 2012), pp. 59-74.
• "Book Review: Bonnie M. Miller, 'From Liberation to Conquest: The Visual and Popular Cultures of the Spanish-American War,'" Journal of American History, Vol 99, no. 4, (Winter 2012), 944-945.
• *"Religion, the Spanish-American War, and the Idea of American Mission," Journal of Church and State, vol. 54, no. 2 (Spring 2012): pp. 257-278.
• "Book Review: Richard H. Immerman, 'Empire for Liberty: A History of American Imperialism from Benjamin Franklin to Paul Wolfowitz,'" Journal of American History, Vol. 98, No. 1 (Spring 2011), pp. 163-164.
• *"Whose Mission? A Comparison of French and U.S. Perspectives on American Civil Religion," (co-authored with Mark McNaught), Air and Space Power Journal - Africa and Francophonie, Vol. 1., No. 4 (Winter 2011), pp. 29-53.
• *"Engaging the World," in A History of the American Political System: Ideas Interests, and Institutions, ed. Daniel J. Tichenor and Richard Harris (ABC-Clio, 2010), Vol. 2, pp. 1081-1125.
• "Spanish-American War: Overview, " Alexander Street Press, 2008, online.
• "American Imperialism in 1898: Overview," Alexander Street Press, 2008, online.
• "Nationalism and Nationality," in International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2d. ed., William A Darity, ed., Gale-Cengage, 2008.
• "Book Review: Michael Kazin and Joseph A. McCartin, ed., 'Americanism: New Perspectives on the History of an Ideal'," Journal of American History (June 2007), pp. 234-35.
• "Book Review: Michael Hansen, 'The Lost Promise of Patriotism: Debating American Identity, 1890-1920'," American Communist History (December 2006).
• *"American Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy from 9/11 to the Iraq War," Political Science Quarterly, (Fall 2004): 399-423.
• *Reprinted in Robert Y. Shapiro, ed., The Meaning of American Democracy, New York: American Academy of Political Science, 2005, pp. 89-113.
• "Neo-Isolationism," in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. John P. Resch et.al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004).
• "Triumphalism," in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. John P. Resch et.al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004).
• "War Powers Resolution," in Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront, ed. John P. Resch et.al. (New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 2004).
• *"Anglo-Saxionism and U.S. Foreign Policy During the Spanish-American War," in Identity Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy, ed. Thomas Ambrosio, (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002), pp. 21-45.
• *"The President, the Congress, and a Separation of Powers Question: The War Powers Resolution," with Kenneth W. Thompson, Miller Center Journal, vol. 5, no. 1 (Spring 1998), pp.
• *"The Realism of the Founding Fathers," Miller Center Journal, vol. 3, no. 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 31-44.
• Conference Presentations
• "Donkeys, Elephants, and Eagles: A Constructivist Content Analysis of Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy Debates," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, 2012 (cancelled due to hurricane).
• "The United States Constitution As Holy Writ," co-authored with Mark McNaught, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2012.
• "American Civil Religion: A Comparison of French and U.S. Perspectives," co-authored with Mark McNaught, Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, 2010.
• "Partisan Worldviews and American Foreign Policy After the Cold war," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 2006.
• "Parties, Culture, and U.S. Foreign Policy," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 2004.
• "Defining Civilization in the Bush Doctrine: A Cultural Analysis of George W. Bush's Response to September 11," Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, 2002.
• "Herbert Croly and Woodrow Wilson's Liberal Inter-nationalism," Woodrow Wilson National Symposium, Staunton VA, 2002.
• "Power and Progress: Race, Religion, American National Identity, and the Spanish-American War, " Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 2000.
• "Religion and the American Mission in 1898," Woodrow Wilson National Symposium, Staunton VA, 2000.
• "The Establishment Clause and Foreign Policy," Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 1997.

Invited Presentations and Lectures

• "Polarization and American Soft Power," Roundtable presentation at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy's Conference on Cultural Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Policy, Washington, D.C., January 13-15, 2013.
• "Exceptional Leadership: Conservative U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of American Hegemony," Lecture at Symposium: Still Soul Mates?: The Convergences and Divergences Between Conservatives in the US and the UK,, Rennes, France at Université Renne II, November 19, 2010.
• "The Presidency, Parties, and Foreign Policy," Symposium on Presidential Election, Sponsored by the Political Economy Project of Towson University, October 21, 2008.
• "Constructing National Identity: Partisan Worldviews and U.S. Foreign Policy After the Cold War," Towson Academy of Scholars Lecture, Towson University, April 2007.
• "Community or Crusade? The Ecumenical Limits of Civil Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy," Lecture at Strom Thurman Center of Politics, Clemson University, November 2007.
• "Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy," Panel on the Role of Religion and Public Affairs, University of Richmond, March 2005.
• "U.S. Foreign Policy and the 2004 Election," University of Richmond, September 2004.
• "American Nationalism and the Drive to War in Iraq," Rutgers University Teach-in: The Iraq War, April 2003.
• "The Bush Doctrine, American Nationalism, and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East," Rutgers University International Studies Organization, April 2003.
• "Power and Progress: A Cultural Analysis of American Expansionism in 1898," Symposium on Politics, History and Culture, Rutgers University, 2002.
• "National Identity of American Adoptees from Vietnam," Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 1996.