America on notice; stemming the tide of anti-Americanism.1591024285 America on notice; stemming the tide of anti-Americanism. Schweitzer, Glenn E. Prometheus Books 2006 326 pages $28.00 Hardcover E902 In contrast to many discussions of "anti-Americanism," the authors (the director of the US National Academies' Office for Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. and Eurasia and the executive editor of Associates Now Magazine) of this work recognize the primary importance of objections to American foreign policy in generating hostility towards the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. around the Muslim world The term Muslim world (or Islamic world) has several meanings. In a cultural sense it refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, adherents of Islam. This community numbers about 1.5-2 billion people, about one-fourth of the world. . They describe how American foreign policy, in combination with other economic and cultural factors, generate "anti-Americanism" and set forth a plan for reducing such feeling. Their plan rests on assistance on job creation and educational opportunities, turning away from military interventions, supporting the fight against infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. in developing countries, addressing the American double-standard on nuclear weapons, strengthening the role of the United Nations in preventing and resolving international security crises, and being more assertive in attempting to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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