There were six hundred and twenty thousand deaths over the fight of slavery. There are a total of 1.2 million deaths from all wars combined. The Civil War was the most deadly war the United States has ever been in…. Read moreCivil War (Who are we Ch. 6)
This chapter is titled Emergence, Triumph, Erosion. Just from the title of the section you see a life cycle of a nation and it’s struggles. There is the emersion of a new nation, that can only happen when a group… Read moreERA: Who Are We, Chapter 6
In Chapter 6 of “Who Are We” Huntington gets into the meat of what really created American identity. He beings talking about the signing of the declaration of independence, and moves on to describe how wars shaped the nation, namely… Read moreERA Who Are We Chapter 6
In this chapter, the emergence, history, and the importance of identity in America is explored. A nation’s identity is not permanent or fixed as it often changes, for example, this can be seen with the United States as its identity… Read moreWho Are We? Chapter 6 ERA
Huntington speaks about American identity and nationalism in the latests chapter we had to read for Who Are We? and he makes some very interesting points about the relationship between identity and conflict. As we have already read, there is… Read moreAmerican Identity