Beyond Patriotism
Subtitle: From Truman to Obama
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781845403126
Subjects: Patriotism; United states, foreign relations, 1989-; United states, foreign relations, 1945-1989
Description: Beyond Patriotism argues that some millions of Americans have become "post-national" people who put the good of humanity ahead of patriotism or national honour. It discusses the decisions that led them from the Vietnamese War, to the attempt to put Pol Pot back into power, to the sanctions against Iraq. Rather than lamenting the heyday of patriotism, post-national people should congratulate themselves on attaining moral maturity. They should clarify their thinking about why nationalism is bankrupt, what American should do to pacify the world, what they owe to their native land, and what they owe to themselves.