The hidden power of the American dream; why Europe's shaken confidence in the United States threatens the future of U.S. influence.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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The hidden power of the American dream; why Europe's shaken confidence in the United States threatens the future of U.S. influence.

Dell'Orto, Giovanna.

Greenwood Press

2008

219 pages

$49.95

Hardcover

D1065

Conducting discourse analysis of European reactions to the 1898 Spanish-American War and the contemporary "War on Terror," the author argues that at the root of the European hostility to US actions in both cases was or ...

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