Neoconservative Images of Europe : : Europhobia and Anti-Europeanism in the United States, 1970–2002 / / Philipp Scherzer.

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• VerfasserIn: Scherzer, Philipp,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: History and Ideas : New Perspectives in European Studies , 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (IX, 385 p.)

While in the last twenty years perceptions of Europe have been subjected to detailed historical scrutiny, American images of the Old World have been almost wantonly neglected. As a response to this scholarly desideratum, this pioneering study analyzes neoconservative images of Europe since the 1970s on the basis of an extensive collection of sources. With fresh insight into the evolution of American images of Europe as well as into the history of U.S. neoconservatism, the book appeals to readers familiar and new to the subject matters alike. The study explores how, beginning in the early 1970s, ideas of the United States as an anti-Europe have permeated neoconservative writing and shaped their self-images and political agitation. The choice of periodization and investigated personnel enables the author to refute popular claims that widespread Euro-critical sentiment in the United Studies during the early 21st century – considerably ignited by neoconservatives – was a distinct post-Cold War phenomenon. Instead, the analysis reveals that the fiery rhetoric in the context of the Iraq War debates was merely the climax of a decade-old development.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Anti-Europeanism: A Historical Overview -- 3 Understanding Neoconservatism -- 4 Images of Europe in Second-Age Neoconservatism, 1970–1992 -- 5 Images of Europe in Third-Age Neoconservatism, 1990–2002 -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Bibliography -- Index