01112pab a2200181 454500 180718b2008 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Tripathy, Jyotirmaya Frontier legacy of America 2008 p.165-76. Jan-Mar The idea of the frontier is the most pervasive metaphor of Americanism, nation building and identity formation. The present paper argues for an idea of the frontier as a process of linear expansion rather than an event in history. Using the term as a trope that universalizes expansion and conquest as an absolute, the paper traces the evolution of the frontier myth from early seventeenth century till Iraq invasion. While assuming that the frontier is a hyper sensitive line of control that divides us from them or pits one against the other, the paper tries to locate recent international political developments in the frontier framework. - Reproduced. United States - Foreign relations International relations Indian Journal of Political Science N 78442 78442 78442 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 69, Issue no: 1 AR78902 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR