03168nam 2200685Ia 450 991077788960332120230617040904.01-280-84609-797866108460920-19-803767-81-4294-3817-7(CKB)1000000000469664(EBL)422919(OCoLC)466434055(SSID)ssj0000101881(PQKBManifestationID)11137728(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101881(PQKBWorkID)10042876(PQKB)11739776(MiAaPQ)EBC422919(Au-PeEL)EBL422919(CaPaEBR)ebr10263717(CaONFJC)MIL84609(EXLCZ)99100000000046966420040604d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAmerica right or wrong[electronic resource] an anatomy of American nationalism /Anatol LievenNew York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-530005-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-268) and index.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; IndexIn 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, whNational characteristics, AmericanWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Intervention (International law)NationalismUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesPolitics and governmentUnited StatesForeign relationsUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009United StatesForeign relationsMiddle EastMiddle EastForeign relationsUnited StatesNational characteristics, American.War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.Intervention (International law)NationalismHistory.320.540973Lieven Anatol478723MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777889603321America right or wrong263376UNINA