| ID | 176433 |
| Title Proper | America's purpose |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Heilbrunn, Jacob |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | IN 1853, American diplomats appeared in suits rather than court uniforms at a reception in Berlin. Their perplexed Prussian counterparts asked why they were dressed in black like undertakers. “We could not,” one American official quipped, “be more appropriately dressed than we are, at European courts, where what we represent is the burial of monarchy.” |
| `In' analytical Note | National Interest , No.171; Jan-Feb 2021: p.5-7 |
| Journal Source | National Interest 2021-02 |
| Key Words | American Leadership ; Joe Biden |