Criticism of United States foreign policy encompasses a wide range of opinions and views on failures and shortcoming of United States foreign policy and actions. Some Americans view the country as qualitatively different from other nations and believe it cannot be judged by the same standards as other countries; this belief is sometimes termed American exceptionalism. This belief was particularly prevalent in the 20th century. It has become less dominant in the 21st century as the country has become more divided politically and has made highly controversial foreign policy decisions such as the Iraq war. Nevertheless America is an extremely powerful country from an economic, military and political point-of-view and it has sometimes disregarded international norms, rules and laws in its foreign policy. For example, the U.S. refused to ratify a number of important international treaties such as Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, and American Convention on Human Rights; did not join the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention; and routinely conducts drone attacks and cruise missile strikes around the globe. American exceptionalism is sometimes linked with hypocrisy; for example, the U.S. keeps a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons while urging other nations not to get them, and justifies that it can make an exception to a policy of non-proliferation. American exceptionalism and isolationism Critics of American exceptionalism drew parallels with such historic doctrines as civilizing mission and white man's burden which were employed by Great Powers to justify their colonial conquests. In his World Policy Journal review of Bill Kauffman's 1995 book America First! Its History, Culture, and Politics, Benjamin Schwartz described America's of isolationism as a "tragedy" and being rooted in Puritan thinking. Historical foreign policy 18th and 19th centuries From its founding, many of the leaders of the young American government had hoped for a non-interventionist foreign policy that promoted "commerce with all nations, alliance with none". However, this goal quickly became increasingly difficult to pursue, with growing implicit threats and non-military pressure faced from several powers, most notably Great Britain. The United States government was drawn into several foreign affairs from its founding and has been criticized throughout history for many of its actions, although in many of these examples it has also been praised. Revolutionary France After the American Revolution, the United States immediately began juggling its foreign policy between many different views under the George Washington cabinet.