Contending with American Exceptionalism - Paperback

by Kori Schake (Author)

This book assesses the political, economic, cultural and military claims for American exceptionalism.

Author Biography

Kori Schake leads the Foreign and Defense Policy team at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and holds the 2025-26 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center. She is the author of The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States (Polity, 2025) and a number of other books. Before joining the AEI, Dr Schake was the Deputy Director-General of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). She has taught at Stanford University, the US Military Academy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the University of Maryland. She has had a distinguished career in government, working at the US Department of State, the US Department of Defense and the National Security Council at the White House. Dr Schake has a PhD and MA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, as well as an MPM from the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Her BA in international relations is from Stanford University.