Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem by Hoover Fellow Russell A. Berman.Business Editors/Political Writers STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004 Although the meaning of the phrase anti-American doesn't need to be explained, why anti-Americanism is spreading, especially in countries that have been allied with 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. , requires more consideration. In Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem (Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President Press, 2004), Hoover senior fellow Russell A. Berman delves Delves is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the south of Consett. into the reasons behind the strained relations between the United States and some of its traditional European allies since September 11. In his newly published book Berman explores various dimensions of contemporary European anti-Americanism. Because anti-Americanism is a cultural problem -- albeit with enormous consequences for policy -- Berman approaches it using the tools of cultural analysis. Thus the chapters in this book look at anti-Americanism in a variety of contexts. Chapter 1 examines several recent surveys to determine the quantitative scope of anti-American sentiment, especially since September 11, with a focus on Germany. Chapter 2 describes how anti-Americanism goes beyond rational debates over policy -- a critic of this or that American policy is hardly necessarily an anti-American -- and takes on an obsessive character. Chapter 3 examines the shape of anti-Americanism in the debates over the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. . Chapter 4 explores another aspect of anti-Americanism: a reluctance to criticize bad regimes for fear of siding with the United States. The fifth and final chapter looks at another variation of anti-Americanism: the movement against globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation . With anti-Americanism on the rise this timely book contributes to understanding an important ideological challenge. Berman, the Walter A. Haas Walter A. Haas, Sr. (May 111889 – December 71979) was a former President and Chairman of Levi Strauss & Co. Haas was credited with saving the once struggling company. Haas graduated with a BS degree from the UC Berkeley School of Business in 1910. Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , is a senior fellow, by courtesy, at the Hoover Institution. Anti-Americanism in Europe: A Cultural Problem. by Russell A. Berman ISBN: 0-8179-4512-1 $15.00 paperback 158 pages March 2004 |
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