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Why Europe Looks Down on America

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photoAmerica. Land of flag-waving fervor. Hyperbolic patriotism. Bluster wrapped up in dollar bills. Or so Europe envisions, and has done so for two centuries. A history of Ameriphobia and why curbing it matters more than ever.

Guests:

Simon Schama, professor of history at Columbia University, author of "A History of Britain", "Rembrandt's Eyes", and recently, "The Unloved American"

Walter Russell Mead, senior fellow in American Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign relations, and author of "Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How it Changed the World"

This program aired on March 10, 2003.

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