Nathan

Commentary - Americanism--and Its Enemies: "Frenchmen used to think France superior on account of its culture and civilisation; many still do. Germans once thought they were smarter, deeper and (possibly) racially superior. Englishmen once considered themselves natural rulers and believed that their governmental structures set Britain on a higher plane. And so on. Not all nations have �isms,� and not all those who do (or did) have been equally serious about their particular �ism.� America has one and is dead serious about it."