Anti-Americanism and the Global Order

Author: Richard Crocker
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Richard Crocker has written a balanced, insightful, and highly readable book using a variety of contemporary and historical primary sources, offering profound insights into U.S. foreign policy, anti-Americanism, and Islamic fundamentalism. For those seeking to understand the context of the "war on terror," this is an important read. What led to anti-Americanism, and what are its historical roots? How did the "9/11" attacks affect America's self-awareness and its role in the world? Is it contradictory that the U.S. is a victim of its own political and economic power? The book attempts to understand the appalling "9/11" attacks within a broader historical, political, and ideological context. The author does not simply refute the "clash of civilizations" thesis but insists that it is crucial to understand the complex historical processes that have shaped: America's self-awareness and its evolving view of the world; how the world, particularly the Muslim world, perceives America; and the nature of post-Cold War international politics and the changing global system. Richard Crocker has written a balanced, insightful, and highly readable book using a variety of contemporary and historical primary sources, offering profound insights into U.S. foreign policy, anti-Americanism, and Islamic fundamentalism. For those seeking to understand the context of the "war on terror," this is an important read. Richard Crocker is a senior lecturer in American history at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of the award-winning book The Fifty Years War: America and the Soviet Union in International Politics, 1941-1991. Xinhua Publishing House has published his work The Fifty Years War (2003 edition).