America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism

Anatol Lieven contends that U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 has been 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, which tends to see America as a closed national culture and civilization threatened by a hostile and barbarous outside world.

Author(s): Anatol Lieven
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 2005-10-13
Categories: Political Science