Captain America And The Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma Of Zealous Nationalism

Rating:
Summary: Interesting thesis
Review: The idea of this book is that comic book superheros are an ideal character in how America solves its foreign policy crisis. The authors want to show that America feels that it has a do it alone mentality to save the world much like comic books.
The authors do not say that comic books make policy, but that they reflect American thoughts regarding its place in the world.
Overall, the authors present their thesis and give adequate material to back up their ideas. However, it seems at times that the superhero motif gets stretched thin. This book is interesting if one wishes to see how popular culture reflects that ideas of government and religious ideologies.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting thesis
Review: The idea of this book is that comic book superheros are an ideal character in how America solves its foreign policy crisis. The authors want to show that America feels that it has a do it alone mentality to save the world much like comic books.
The authors do not say that comic books make policy, but that they reflect American thoughts regarding its place in the world.
Overall, the authors present their thesis and give adequate material to back up their ideas. However, it seems at times that the superhero motif gets stretched thin. This book is interesting if one wishes to see how popular culture reflects that ideas of government and religious ideologies.