What they think of us
Subtitle: international perceptions of the United States since 9/11
By: edited by David Farber
Contributors: Farber, David R
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780691130255
Subjects: Anti-Americanism; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence; War on Terrorism, 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; United States -- Foreign public opinion
Description: "It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us, a group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world's profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United States - before and since 9/11"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Iraqis' bleak views of the United States / Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Abdul Hadi al-Khalili; title: Beyond the stained glass window : Indonesian perceptions of the United States and the War on Terror / Melani Budianta; title: Turkish perceptions of the United States / Nur Bilge Criss; title: Beautiful imperialist or war mongering hegemon : contemporary Chinese views of the United States / Yufan Hao and Lin Su; title: From the Cold War to a lukewarm peace : Russian views of September 11 and beyond / Eric Shiraev and Olga Makhovskaya; title: Nuestro Once de Septiembre : the kingdom of the comma / Fernando Escalante-Gonzalbo and Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo; title: The twilight of American cultural hegemony : a historical perspective on Western Europe's distancing from America / Federico Romero