Introduction: Why is America Contested? 1. US Unilateralism and American Conservative Nationalism Part 1: The Rise and Success of American Conservative Nationalism 2. The Historical and Ideological Roots of the Neoconservative Persuasion 3. The Neoconservatives as a Continuation and an Aberration in American Foreign Policy 4. What’s the Big Idea? Models of Global Order in the Post-Cold War Era Part 2: The European Discontent: A New Anti-Americanism? 5. Anti-Americanism in Europe: What’s New? An Appraisal and Personal Account. 6. Anti-Americanism and the European Peace Movement: The Iraq War 7. Anti-Americanism and European Public Opinion during the Iraq War Part 3: Which Future for American Conservative Nationalism? 8. America after the 2004 Elections: Bold Policies and Political Quicksand 9. The Economic Constraints on American Unilateral Foreign Policy 10. The Cultural Resistance to American Political Values: A Global Perspective 11. Contested but Indispensable: The Missing Point of European Discontent