{"product_id":"america-right-or-wrong-an-anatomy-of-american-nationalism-9780199897551","title":"America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism","description":"Originally published over half a decade ago, Anatol Lieven's \u003cem\u003eAmerica Right or Wrong\u003c\/em\u003e has become a classic analysis of the special character of American nationalism. As he demonstrated, America's foreign policy response to the 9\/11 attacks flowed directly from a nationalistic tradition that was\u003cbr\u003etwo centuries in the making. Within that nationalism, Lieven identified two strands. The first was 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\u003cbr\u003eadopting 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch has changed since 9\/11. The American public has turned inward in the wake of the Great Recession, but interestingly, Lieven's fundamental analysis of American nationalism remains powerful and convincing. In this expanded new edition, he includes and in-depth analysis of the domestic component\u003cbr\u003eof both the American creed and the American antithesis. Barack Obama's improbable election to the presidency illustrates well the first strand. The rise of the Tea Party in response to both the financial crisis and the Obama administration's response is highly characteristic of the second strand.\u003cbr\u003eLieven concentrates especially on the Tea Party's hard-edged American nationalism, which is evident in anti-immigration sentiment, hatred of Obama, and opposition to redistributive social programs that allegedly reward the unworthy. His account of Obama's election and the right-wing response to the\u003cbr\u003eeconomic collapse not only bring the story up to the present, but indicate the staying power of the book's hard-hitting thesis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anatol Lieven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199897551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnatol Lieven\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. His other books include \u003cem\u003eChechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Path to Independence\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book for 1993.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39937669300339,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_802fbd45-3fb2-4477-b63a-ce4914c7be12.jpg?v=1647995405","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/america-right-or-wrong-an-anatomy-of-american-nationalism-9780199897551","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}