... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ice is and how concerned are Americans with appearances rather than substance. To religious fundamentalists, America is the Great Satan, a latter-... ...cay. To many European liberals, the United states is a throwback to darker ages of religious zealotry, pernicious bigotry, virulent nationalism, an... ... thereof - back home. Americans - officials, scholars, peacemakers, non- government organizations - maintain a colonial state of mind. Backward nati... ... States - led to the legitimization of terrorism. Often nation-states use terrorist organizations to further their geopolitical goals. When this hap... ...eas are impossible to suppress. Already, militant Islam is far more widespread and established that any Western government would care to admit. Hi... ...crative contracts and sinecures once the sponsored candidate attained office. Long-established, prominent families - political dynasties - increase... ...gical determinists, such as Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) and Oswald Spengler (1880-1936), predicted its inevitable demise. Spengler authored the ...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.