The new American exceptionalism / Donald E. Pease.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pease, Donald E.

Series:

Critical American studies series.

Critical American studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, American.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For a half century following the end of World War II, the seemingly permanent cold war provided the United States with an organizing logic that governed nearly every aspect of American society and culture, giving rise to an unwavering belief in the nation's exceptionalism in global affairs and world history. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, this cold war paradigm was replaced by a series of new ideological narratives that ultimately resulted in the establishment of another potentially endless war: the global war on terror. In The New American Exceptionalism, pioneering scholar Donald E.

Contents:

Introduction: the United States of fantasy

Staging the new world order: Hiroshima, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Persian Gulf War

America of the two covenants: the Waco siege and the Oklahoma City bombing

A national rite of passage: the return of Alexis de Tocqueville

Patriot acts: the Southernification of America

From virgin land to Ground Zero: mythological foundations of the homeland security state

Antigone's kin: from Abu Ghraib to Barack Obama.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7070-6

OCLC:

593295904