With Us or against Us: Studies in Global Anti-Americanism

by Tony Judt, Denis Lacorne

Overview

"Few would deny that anti-Americanism is on the rise around the world, but just what it is and why does it matter? This perceptive volume pulls together essays by some of the world's top scholars to dissect a growing, dangerous, and often misunderstood understood phenomenon. Anyone who cares about the American image in the world today would benefit from reading it."
—Philip H. Gordon, author of Allies at War: America, Europe and the Crisis over Iraq

"With Us or Against Us is an illuminating perspective on the many different strands of contemporary anti-Americanism. Covering reactions from all the major regions of the world—Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia—we learn that anti-Americanism reflects the identities and interests of the anti-Americanists as much as the actions of Americans and their leaders. An important book on a critical subject."
—Bruce Cain, Robson Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley

"Anti-Americanism is both visceral and complex, singular in its target yet diverse in its implications. This collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars brings both immediacy and deep reflection to this most important phenomenon."
—Alan Wolfe , Boston College

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403969514
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	03/03/2006
Series:	CERI Series in International Relations and Political Economy
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

DENIS LACORNE is Director of Research at FNSP/CERI and teaches at l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France.

TONY JUDT is Professor of European Studies at NYU and Director of the Remarque Institute, USA.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	Notes on Contributors	ix
	Introduction: The Banality of Anti-Americanism	1
1	A New Master Narrative? Reflections on Contemporary Anti-Americanism	11
2	Anti-Americanism and Americanophobia: A French Perspective	35
3	Anti-Americanism in French and European Public Opinion	59
4	Is There a New Anti-Americanism? Reflections on Germany in Times of Global Simultaneity	75
5	America's Best Friends in Europe: East-Central European Perceptions and Policies toward the United States	93
6	The Special Russian Way: The Origin and Evolution of Russian Perceptions about the United States	115
7	Saudi Perceptions of the United States since 9/11	141
8	The Palestinian Perception of America after 9/11	157
9	Anti-Americanism in Pakistan	173
10	Three Sources of Anti-Americanism in Iran	189
11	Uncle Sam to the Rescue? The Political Impact of American Involvement in ASEAN Security and Political Issues in the Wake of 9/11	207

Editorial Reviews

"Few would deny that anti-Americanism is on the rise around the world, but just what it is and why does it matter? This perceptive volume pulls together essays by some of the world's top scholars to dissect a growing, dangerous, and often misunderstood phenomenon. Anyone who cares about the American image in the world today would benefit from reading it."

- Philip H. Gordon, author of Allies at War: America, Europe and the Crisis over Iraq

"With Us or Against Us is an illuminating perspective on the many different strands of contemporary anti-Americanism. Covering reactions from all the major regions of the world - Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia - we learn that anti-Americanism reflects the identities and interests of the anti-Americanists as much as the actions of Americans and their leaders. An important book on a critical subject."

- Bruce Cain, Robson Professor of Political Science, Director of the Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley

"Anti-Americanism is both visceral and complex, singular in its target yet diverse in its implications. This collection of essays by a distinguished group of international scholars brings both immediacy and deep reflection to this most important phenomenon."

- Alan Wolfe , Boston College

"This volume contains one of the first evaluations of global attitudes toward the US and how they have changed over the years. It contains many interesting and important insights into the nuanced and differential nature of Anti-Americanism worldwide. The chapters pursue an innovative distinction among three characteristics of anti-Americanism: fear of its power, resentment of its economic model and contempt for its brand of mass culture. The book offers a fresh perspective on this key contemporary issue and its global viewpoint is especially useful."

- Helen Milner, Princeton University

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