Gertjan Dijink 
National Identity and Geopolitical Visions [PDF ebook] 
Maps of Pride and Pain

From the Third Reich to Bosnia, nationalism – a sense of a nation”s place in the world – has been responsible for much bloodshed. Nationalism may be manipulated by political leaders or governments but it springs from the people. Something in the history and environment of a national group creates it. This volume aims to locate and analyze the myth of national identity and its value in creating pride, deflecting fear or legitimating aggression. A range of essays – on Britain, the United States, Germany, Russia, Iraq, Serbia, Argentina, Australia, and India – illustrate the different manifestations of the geographical imagination across the countries of the world.