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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777889603321

Autore

Lieven Anatol

Titolo

America right or wrong [[electronic resource] ] : an anatomy of American nationalism / / Anatol Lieven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-84609-7

9786610846092

0-19-803767-8

1-4294-3817-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

320.540973

Soggetti

National characteristics, American

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Intervention (International law)

Nationalism - United States - History

United States Politics and government

United States Foreign relations

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign relations United States

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 (p. 223-268) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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