American Quotes by Martin Jacques

8 American quotes by Martin Jacques

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Martin Jacques offers a thoughtful, often critical lens on national identity. These eight short passages capture his most direct reflections on what it means to be American.

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The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the model of the future, 'Anglo-Saxon' embalmed as…

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The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is…

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In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking…

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Just six years into the 21st century, one can say this is not shaping up to be anything like an American century.…

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The starting point for understanding the deterioration in the relationship between the U.S. and Russia lies in Washington rather than Moscow. After…

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Blair's support for the Americans should not be seen as an aberration; on the contrary, it is closely linked to the main…

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Neoconservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, following the collapse of the…

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The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama who is…

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One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new…

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