Rethinking Anti-Americanism

''Anti-Americanism'' is an unusual expression; although stereotypes and hostility exist toward every nation, we do not hear of ''anti-Italianism'' or ''anti-Brazilianism''. Only Americans have elevated such sentiment to the level of a world view, an explanatory factor so significant as to merit a name - an ''ism'' - usually reserved for comprehensive ideological systems or ingrained prejudice. Thi...