Abstract
The USA is today at the first ranks in terms of wealth, military power, technology, science and has a strong influence all over the world. One speaks of the American Way of Life to refer to the way the Americans live and also to the fact that this way of life is adopted in other areas of the World. This is conveyed through the TV shows or the Hollywood productions but also by the multinational companies such as McDonald's. This domination dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and especially became true after World War I when the former European leading powers, France, Britain and Germany, were in ruins and had to recover. In this text which is an exerpt from American Exceptionalism, Lispet organizes a demonstration, in three points. He aims at pointing at the fact that the USA is not just a transplantation of the British model in another place of the world but that it is a real new country with its own specificities. In order to achieve his demonstration, Lipset first talks about the historical context of the birth of the USA in order to show that unlike other countries the USA is built on a creed and not on a territory .
