Arrogance of American Power

Nancy Snow's provocative book tackles the government's manipulation of the term anti-American and other propaganda techniques connecting them to the attempts of U.S. administrations and media-past and present-to <I>project</I> a better U.S. image rather than address the issues behind <I>why</I> the country's image is so poor. If America cares what others think Snow argues it needs to get over itself as the number-one country. The government needs to spend less time diverting public attention and more time enlisting citizens to help improve foreign relations. And the public needs to exercise its democratic right to dissent rather than letting the government or the media halt foreign policy debates with labels propaganda and arrogant rhetoric.