"Anti-Americanism is as old as the Republic--a historical constant, which is only remotely related to specific American behavior. So what is new? Andrei Markovits has delivered the best answer yet, ranging across an astounding wealth of material from politics and culture. Uncouth Nation is a rare academic treat. Rigorous and analytical, the book is also a pleasure to read as it penetrates a critical issue of our time."

-- Josef Joffe

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“Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday.”
“I've always been this strong-willed person and I've always been in love with acting.”

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“Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.”
“I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.”
“If your parents are alive, be grateful at the opportunity to earn Jannah by serving them”
“The fathers who contrived and passed the Consititution were wise in their generation; as time passes, we come more and more to realize their powers of divination.”
“Gary Nixon and I have had a loving, committed, faithful relationship for twenty-five years (now over 30) yet we are denied more than a thousand rights and protections that go automatically with marriage.”
“Sucess in life depends primarily upon three things: discovery of who you are, what you can do best, and where you are going.”

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