Rethinking anti-Americanism the history of an exceptional concept in American foreign relations

"There are two ways to write about the history of anti-Americanism. Until now, many scholars -- the "anti-anti-Americans" -- have taken the term at face value and assembled catalogues of published statements exhibiting animosity towards the United States. These histories often convey the impression...

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Main Author: Friedman, Max Paul
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the myth of anti-Americanism
  • History of a concept
  • Americanism and anti-Americanism
  • The specter haunting Europe : anti-Americanism and the Cold War
  • Bad neighborhood : anti-Americanism and Latin America
  • Myth and consequences : de Gaulle, anti-Americanism, and Vietnam
  • Anti-Americanism in the age of protest
  • Epilogue : the anti-American century?