World Opinion of US Policies
(see also American Empire & Cultural Imperialism)
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Arab Opinion Hits US, & Hits Home. Nora Boustany, Washington Post (5/7/04).
World's View of US. Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor (3/17/04).
French Opinion & the Deteriorating Image of the US. Richard Kuisel (Georgetown U.) (fall 2003?).
Nelson Mandela: The US is a Threat to World Peace (interview). Newsweek (7/8/03).
Views of a Changing World 2003: War with Iraq Further Divides Global Publics. Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (6/3/03).
The US & World Opinion. Now with Bill Moyers (5/23/03).
World Opinion Moves Against Bush. Guardian (1/23/03).
Why Do People Hate America? (UK).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Sorry Everybody. Poignant commentary on 2004 US presidential election.
In the Library: Articles
Debray, Régis. "The indispensable nation," Harper's (1/04):15-18. Incisive critical commentary on America's imperial pretension & the impossibility of its success, from Paris Le Figaro (9/5/03).
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Adams, Michael, with Amy Langstaff & David Jamieson. Fire & Ice: The US, Canada, & the Myth of Converging Values (Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2003).
Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race & Power in the Pacific War (NY: Pantheon, 1986).
Johnson, Chalmers. Blowback: The Costs & Consequences of American Empire (NY, 2001).
Roger, Philippe. The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism [2002] (trans. Sharon Bowman; Chicago: U. of Chicago, 2005).
Ross, Andrew & Kristin Ross (eds.) Anti-Americanism (NY: NYU, 2004).
Rubin, Barry & Judith Colp Rubin. Hating America: A History (NY: Oxford, 2004).
Sardar, Ziauddin & Merryl Wyn Davies. Why Do People Hate America? (?: Icon, 2003).
Sweig, Julia E. Friendly Fire: Losing Friends & Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century (NY: Public Affairs, 2006).
Tsygankov, Andrei P. Whose World Order? Russia's Perception of American Ideas after the Cold War (Notre Dame IN: Notre Dame, 2004).
Zunes, Stephen. Tinderbox: US Foreign Policy & the Roots of Terrorism (Monroe ME: Common Courage, 2002).
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