Hating America - A History

When writing a book, an author often has the sensation of being surrounded by that topic. In the case of anti-Americanism that experience was particularly strong. As the 21st century began it seemed as if the amount of criticism the United States was receiving around the world was matched only by the quantity of passionate debate about why this was happening.
Almost every day brought more evidence that anti-Americanism was an omnipresent global phenomenon. A Hollywood film star living in Fra...