| To Lead the Free World: American Nationalism and the Cultural Roots of the Cold War Contributor(s): Fousek, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807848360 ISBN-13: 9780807848364 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2000 Annotation: A cultural history of the origins of Cold War. John Fousek argues that American nationalism--not capitalism or western civilization--was the ideological glue that spurred the broad public support of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War era. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 327 |
| LCCN: 99034166 |
| Lexile Measure: 1490 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.12" W x 9.23" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this cultural history of the origins of the Cold War, John Fousek argues boldly that American nationalism provided the ideological glue for the broad public consensus that supported U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War era. From the late 1940s through the late 1980s, the United States waged cold war against the Soviet Union not primarily in the name of capitalism or Western civilization--neither of which would have united the American people behind the cause--but in the name of America. Through close readings of sources that range from presidential speeches and popular magazines to labor union debates and the African American press, Fousek shows how traditional nationalist ideas about national greatness, providential mission, and manifest destiny influenced postwar public culture and shaped U.S. foreign policy discourse during the crucial period from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Korean War. Ultimately, he says, in the atmosphere created by apparently unceasing international crises, Americans rallied around the flag, eventually coming to equate national loyalty with global anticommunism and an interventionist foreign policy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fousek, John: - John Fousek is clinical associate professor in the program in international relations at New York University. |