United States Contested

<p>Why and how is America contested by Europe? This new book answers this question and contributes to a better understanding of contemporary transatlantic tensions. </p><p>Adopting different theoretical perspectives, the leading contributors to this volume assess the European discontent with America and relate this to the unilateral turn of US foreign policy in the twenty-first century. American unilateralism is interpreted by all the authors as the expression of a new conservative nationalism which has been growing in the country since the 1970s and became culturally hegemonic after 9/11. They explore the following key areas:</p><ul> <li>the rise of American conservative nationalism</li> <li>US foreign policy</li> <li>transatlantic relations</li> <li>anti-Americanism</li> <li>the Iraq War</li> <li>the future of American political and cultural hegemony.</li> </ul><p>This book will be vital reading for students of international relations, foreign policy analysis, American and European politics.</p> <p>Introduction: Why is America Contested? 1. US Unilateralism and American Conservative Nationalism <strong>Part 1:</strong> <strong>The Rise and Success of American Conservative Nationalism </strong>2. The Historical and Ideological Roots of the Neoconservative Persuasion 3. The Neoconservatives as a Continuation and an Aberration in American Foreign Policy 4. What’s the Big Idea? Models of Global Order in the Post-Cold War Era <strong>Part 2: The European Discontent: A New Anti-Americanism?</strong> 5. Anti-Americanism in Europe: What’s New? An Appraisal and Personal Account. 6. Anti-Americanism and the European Peace Movement: The Iraq War 7. Anti-Americanism and European Public Opinion during the Iraq War <strong>Part 3: Which Future for American Conservative Nationalism?</strong> 8. America after the 2004 Elections: Bold Policies and Political Quicksand 9. The Economic Constraints on American Unilateral Foreign Policy 10. The Cultural Resistance to American Political Values: A Global Perspective 11. Contested but Indispensable: The Missing Point of European Discontent </p>