The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review Volume 2 Article 2 Issue 2 Spring 2013 February 2013 A Mission of Divine Calling: A Chosen Nation's Crusade Against Evil Ashley Harrington Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/eiupsr Part of the American Politics Commons, International Relations Commons, and the President/ Executive Department Commons Recommended Citation Harrington, Ashley (2013) "A Mission of Divine Calling: A Chosen Nation's Crusade Against Evil," The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 , Article 2. Available at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/eiupsr/vol2/iss2/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review by an authorized editor of The Keep. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Harrington: A Mission of Divine Calling: A Chosen Nation's Crusade Against Ev EIU Political Science Review Harrington A Mission of Divine Calling: The Chosen Nation’s Crusade against Evil Ashley Harrington Finding Religion Throughout time, especially within the Twentieth Century, Republican as well as Democratic administrations advanced a relatively conservative foreign policy, most of which has involved a highly moral fervor. The moralistic and sometimes highly religious view of foreign policy implementation has ingrained a sense of responsibility on the United States of America to the establishment of democracy, peace, and the development of freedom and liberty to other nations while combating those nations suppressing the policy goals of the United States. For decades, political scientists have and continue to theorize about influences on presidential decision-making and policy implementation.