After 9/11: Cultural Dimensions Of American Global Power After Nine-eleven

This is a readable and incisive analysis of American foreign policy and international politics since the end of the Cold War. It is organized around two key themes, the role of culture in international politics and the changing nature of American power. Richard Crockatt addresses such key issues as: the relationship between US power and the post-Cold War international system; US relations with Europe and Islam; the intensity of anti-American feeling after September 11th; the rebirth of American nationalism; and, the war in Iraq and its aftermath. "After 9/11" is a much-needed balanced account of the most significant political questions of the twenty-first century

This is a readable and incisive analysis of American foreign policy and international politics since the end of the Cold War.

It is organized around two key themes, the role of culture in international politics and the changing nature of American power. Richard Crockatt addresses such key issues as:

• the relationship between US power and the post-Cold War international system


• US relations with Europe and Islam


• the intensity of anti-American feeling after September 11th


• the rebirth of American nationalism


• the war in Iraq and its aftermath.

After 9/11 is a much-needed balanced account of the most significant political questions of the twenty-first century

Anti-americanism And The Clash Of Civilizations -- The Role Of Culture In International Relations -- No Common Ground? : Islam, Anti-americanism And The United States -- Americanism : A Short History -- What's The Big Idea? : Models Of Global Order In The Post-cold War World -- The Emperor's Clothes : The Failure Of The Neo-conservative Mission -- The Bush Administration And The Idea Of International Community. Richard Crockatt. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [223]-252) And Index. "This is an incisive and readable analysis of American foreign policy and international politics since the end of the Cold War. The book is organized around two key themes: the role of culture in international polities and the changing nature of American power. It argues that cultural perspective is vital to an understanding of recent American foreign policy and also the reactions of others to America."--Jacket. Anti-Americanism and the clash of civilizations -- The role of culture in international relations -- No common ground? : Islam, anti-Americanism and the United States -- Americanism : a short history -- What's the big idea? : models of global order in post-cold war America -- The emperor's clothes : the failure of the neo-conservative mission -- The Bush administration and the idea of international community