Don't tread on me : anti-Americanism abroad / Carol Gould.

Author/creator Gould, Carol
Format Book
Edition1st American ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Encounter Books, 2009.
Descriptionxxii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Variant title Do not tread on me
Contents Preface: What is happening "over there"? -- Introduction to an expatriate -- Murderous Kenya, bloody Pakistan, and sweet Iowa : why America is still a beacon of democracy -- Carol Gould returns to the USA -- "Americans are so stupid!" -- Faith, Bush, and fiercely secular Britain (a.k.a. Dawkinsland) -- "Put that flag away and talk proper English!" -- A Yankee in the Green Man Pub (and Condi Rice in Blackburn) -- "Americans are destroying the planet and we will all die!" -- But aren't we best friends with Great Britain? -- "Americans are vile, genocidal, slavery-loving, and illiterate religious fanatics" -- The myth of the Jewish cabals -- "The Jews control the US media and the way Americans think!" -- "Is good the Jew and Hindu killed!" -- The hate-America/hate Israel fests in London sponsored by the police and Western Union -- The Israel factor : "you people invented terrorism, and Israel is an abomination supported by the other terrorist state, the USA!" -- When all else fails, blame the Jewish lobby! -- The independent's shameful "Jewish American flag" -- "That vile expansionist little nation" and "that vile imperialist superpower!" -- Sir David Hare and Rumsfeld -- Harold Pinter and his "America obsession" -- "How can 57 million people be so stupid?" -- From Greenham Common to Trident--the small matter of "Red Ken" Livingstone -- Ken Livingstone and Daniel Pipes in a clash of civilizations -- Friendly fire--those criminal American GIs! -- Casinos will bring "American-style" spent needles, thrown-away condoms, and prostitution to all of Britain -- "You people killed Mountbatten!" -- Interlude--in praise of MI5, the NHS, British veterans, and some wonderful journalists -- "Die, Glazer, die!"--the charming reaction of British football fans to an American tycoon -- Mayfair bans America, now and forever -- You may have to walk alone, Liverpool-- but Avram Grant will never walk alone -- The European view -- "Go back to America!" said the (most likely illegal) immigrant to me -- Interlude--on a lighter note -- Dear Archbishop of Canterbury--why I still adore America -- Booing the "Star-spangled banner"--and pumpkin pie! -- Americans "poison" British soldiers--and I finally get whacked! -- Epilogue: America beckons once more.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2008032513
ISBN9781594032394 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1594032394 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E895 .G68 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold