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The New Testament phase, from the Spanish-American War to the present, is more interventionist, featuring competing ideals of containment, expansion, and meliorism. Within the testament phases, McDougall goes on to further categorize eight conflicting schools of thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConversational in tone and highly educational, readers will appreciate McDougall's astute observations and overview of American foreign policy. 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