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Autore |
Lieven Anatol |
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Titolo |
America right or wrong [[electronic resource] ] : an anatomy of American nationalism / / Anatol Lieven |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-84609-7 |
9786610846092 |
0-19-803767-8 |
1-4294-3817-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-268) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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