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What They Think of Us : International Perceptions of the United States since 9/11

It has never been more important for Americans to understand why the world both hates and loves the United States. In What They Think of Us, a remarkable group of writers from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America describes the world's profoundly ambivalent attitudes toward the United States--before and since 9/11. While many people around the world continue to see the United States as a model despite the Iraq war and the war on terror, the U.S. response to 9/11 has undoubtedly intensified global anti-Americanism. What They Think of Us reveals that substantial
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, ©2007
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Iraqis' bleak views of the United States / Ibrahim Al-Marashi and Abdul Hadi al-Khalili
Beyond the stained glass window : Indonesian perceptions of the United States and the War on Terror / Melani Budianta
Turkish perceptions of the United States / Nur Bilge Criss
Beautiful imperialist or war mongering hegemon : contemporary Chinese views of the United States / Yufan Hao and Lin Su
From the Cold War to a lukewarm peace : Russian views of September 11 and beyond / Eric Shiraev and Olga Makhovskaya
Nuestro Once de Septiembre : the kingdom of the comma / Fernando Escalante-Gonzalbo and Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
The twilight of American cultural hegemony : a historical perspective on Western Europe's distancing from America / Federico Romero
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