Title American journeys / Don Watson

Published North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2008

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Description 332 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Summary Not long after 9/11 Don Watson wrote a Quarterly Essay about Australia's relationship with the US. Called Rabbit Syndrome, it provoked huge debate -unsurprisingly, given that America is Australia's most important ally. But America is just about everyone's most important ally. So what is it that has made the US so extraordinarily successful? Why do we love it so much yet clearly loathe it at the same time? How can it be so dynamic yet so neglectful of its own citizens, such a land of freedom and oppression all at once? Analysis Description and travel National identity Overseas item United States Notes "A Knopf book" Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-332) Notes Walkley Award for best Non-Fiction, 2008 Subject Watson, Don, 1949- -- Travel -- United States. SUBJECT United States -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139993 United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100042 United States -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 United States -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140527 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 ISBN 9781740513166 (hbk.)

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