American nationalism and U.S. foreign policy from September 11 to the Iraq war.

Political Science Quarterly, September, 2004 by Paul T. McCartney

The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror. They were acts of war. This will require our country to unite in steadfast determination and resolve. Freedom and democracy are under attack.... This enemy attacked not just our people, but freedom-loving people everywhere in the world.... This will be a monumental struggle of good versus evil. But good will prevail.

--President George W. Bush, 12 September 2001 (1)

More than three years have passed since the terrorists of al Qaeda brutally attacked the United States and spurred the country into a new era in its history. When the World Trade Center collapsed into a dusty heap while the nerve center of American military might burned with a...