To love a country : the problem of patriotism in America / Dominic Erdozain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erdozain, Dominic, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriotism--United States--History.

Patriotism.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States--Social life and customs.

United States--History.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Problem of patriotism in America

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, 2026.

Summary:

"In To Love a Country, writer and historian Dominic Erdozain pulls back the veil from this history of American patriotism, exposing the country's fierce and long-standing tension between its ideals and its realities-contradictions that have for so long obstructed America's fulfillments of its foundational promises: patriotism vs. justice; manifest destiny vs. shared and equal liberty; isolationism vs. collaborative self-realization. Through strikingly candid storytelling and rigorous research, he reveals how myths like American exceptionalism have led directly to destructive militarism abroad, political repression at home, and the decline of civil discourse and freedom everywhere. He boldly pushes us to reckon with the question of how to be a patriot even when one's country betrays the very principles on which it is built"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: Americanism or the American promise?

Chosen: the problem of providence

Who were your daddies? patriotism and the color line

The war that never ended

A nation of nations: the patriotism of peace

Playing God: the Cold War and its discontents

The flag and the Constitution

Epilogue: Patriotism spelt humanity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9798217087174

OCLC:

1535594470

Publisher Number:

90104571752