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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450905403321

Titolo

The rise of anti-Americanism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006

ISBN

1-134-22446-X

1-281-15827-5

9786611158279

0-203-02878-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O'ConnorBrendon <1969->

GriffithsMartin <1961->

Disciplina

327.73/009/0511

Soggetti

Anti-Americanism

Electronic books.

United States Relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Making sense of anti-Americanism / Brendon O'Connor and Martin Griffiths -- The anti-American tradition : a history in four phases / Brendon O'Connor -- Are we all Americans now? Explaining anti-Americanisms / Robert Singh -- Ambivalent anti-Americanism / John Kane -- Anti-Americanism in the Muslim world : a sceptic's guide / Iyanatul Islam -- America, Israel and anti-Americanism in the Middle East / John Chiddick -- American power / Martin Griffiths -- Anti-Americanism and the clash of civilizations / Richard Crockatt -- American grand strategy : the quest for permanent primacy / Andrew O'Neil -- The Bush elite : aberration or harbinger? John Higley -- Anti-Americanism and the major foundations / Inderjeet Parmar -- Religion in America / Alan Wolfe -- Anti-Americans abroad / Tony Judt.

Sommario/riassunto

Is anti-Americanism one of the last respectable prejudices, or are accusations of anti-Americanism a way to silence reasonable criticism of the United States?Is the recent rise in anti-Americanism principally a reaction to President George W. Bush and his administration, or does it reflect a general turn against America and Americans? Have we moved



from the American century to the anti-American century, with the United States as the 'whipping boy' for a growing range of anxieties? Can the United States recapture the international good will generally extended towards it in the