Author : David B. MacDonald
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1461634512
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Book Synopsis Thinking History, Fighting Evil by : David B. MacDonald
Download or read book Thinking History, Fighting Evil written by David B. MacDonald and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-05-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible study critiques the rise of a new exceptionalism: a victim-centered nationalism promoted by American conservatives since the 1980s, borrowing imagery and vocabulary from the civil rights era and political correctness movements of the left.Thinking History, Fighting Evil explores the instrumentalization of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism in the service of U.S. foreign policy, paying attention to how conservatives approach 'far enemies' (Islamism), 'near enemies' (Europe and Latin America), and the 'enemies within' (the domestic left).