| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.2

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 111.2 | The History Cooperative

Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin. Hating America: A History. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004. Pp. xi, 307. $29.95.
The purpose of this book by Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin is to provide a historical background to today's anti-Americanism. It stretches over three centuries and focuses mostly on European views of the United States, with one chapter each on Latin America and the Middle East. The authors define anti-Americanism in a manner broad enough without being amorphous, as criticisms that are systemic, exaggerated, deliberate, and/or "a misperception of American society, policies, or goals" (p. ix). They also exclude American citizens from their observations.	1
The authors' main argument is that anti-Americanism, in any given period, has been a relatively cogent rejection of a general idea of America as a model of civilization and power, not merely a reaction to slights or aggressions by the United States. Despite the title, anti-Americanism was about more than "hating." It reflected specific constructs about the uniqueness of the United States. The book presents major shifts in what critics have perceived America to be about.	. . .

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