America right or wrong : an anatomy of American nationalism / Anatol Lieven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lieven, Anatol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Intervention (International law).

Nationalism--United States--History.

Nationalism.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this controversial critique of American political culture and its historical roots, Anatol Lieven contends that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 has been shaped by the special character of our nationalism. Within that nationalism, Lieven analyses two very different traditions. One is the ""American thesis,"" a civic nationalism based on the democratic values of what has been called the ""American Creed."" These values are held to be universal, and anyone can become an American by adopting them. The other tradition, the ""American antithesis"" is a populist and often chauvinist nationalism, wh

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface; Introduction; One: An Exceptional Nationalism?; Two: Thesis: Splendor and Tragedy of the American Creed; Three: Antithesis Part I: The Embittered Heartland; Four: Antithesis Part II: Fundamentalists and Great Fears; Five: The Legacy of the Cold War; Six: American Nationalism, Israel and the Middle East; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-268) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-84609-7

9786610846092

0-19-803767-8

1-4294-3817-7

OCLC:

466434055