Anti-Americanism and American exceptionalism : prejudice and pride about the USA / Brendon O'Connor.

This book argues against the tendency to see America as the worst or best nation and instead presents a case for seeing anti-Americanism as a counterproductive prejudice. There are many reasons to criticise American policies, politics and even society, but a crucial distinction must be drawn between...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Brendon, 1969- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Routledge studies in US foreign policy.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is anti-Americanism? : The last respectable prejudice?
  • A history of anti-Americanism
  • Anti-Americanism vs. criticism? : Reporting on the 2003 Iraq War and the Korean War
  • Anti-Americanism or anti-Bush?
  • What is American exceptionalism? : A key component of American nationalist ideology
  • Don't know much about geography : American insularity, decline, and anti-Americanism
  • The Trump factor : the ugly American, popular culture, and populism.