Global Rage After the Cold War

1. Front Matter

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2. 9/11 and Global Rage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction: World Opinion on September 11, 2001—If the World Doesn’t Hate Us, Why Would Someone Do This?

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      Pages 3-26

   3. The Cold War World Turned Upside Down

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      Pages 27-45

   4. How We Come to Be Who We Are: Constructing Identity around the World

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      Pages 47-61

3. Rage and Reaction—Challenges to National Identity around the World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Introduction: National Identity as a Personal and Global Concept

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      Pages 65-69

   3. Fences Make Good Neighbors: Who Is “German” without the Wall?

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      Pages 71-91

   4. China’s Two Faces: The Contradiction of Chinese “Uniqueness”

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      Pages 93-123

   5. The Indian/Pakistani Nuclear Tests: Brinkmanship without a Cause

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      Pages 125-141

   6. The War at Home: Identity Versus Values

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      Pages 143-167

4. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Addressing the Real Problem: Draining the Swamps of Despair

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      Pages 171-180

5. Back Matter

   Pages 181-210

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This book argues that the status deficiency that results from the loss of a nation's favoured position in one hierarchy promotes a need among citizens to search for alternative means of delineating their country's status. This book sheds light on the intersection of identity construction, perceptions of others and violence.

• cold war
• violence
• war

'In this ambitious book, Frank Rusciano brings his unique expertise on

world opinion to bear on the critical issues of national identity and the

supposed war of civilizations - with thought-provoking and sobering

results.'

- Christopher Hill, Sir Patrick Sheehy Professor of International Relations, University of Cambridge

• Rider University, USA

  Frank Louis Rusciano

FRANK LOUIS RUSCIANO is Professor of Political Science, Rider University, USA. He is the author of World Opinion and the Emerging International Order (Westport: Praeger Publishers) and Isolation and Paradox: Defining 'the Public' in Modern Political Analysis (Westport: Greenwood Press).

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