By James Atlas"In this collection, Atlas... has asked disparate thinkers from around the world to offer their impressions, in essay form, of America in 2009. While other books, such as Ole R. Holsti's To See Ourselves as Others See Us: How Publics Abroad View the United States After 9/11, have tackled this topic from a more academic or partisan perspective, none has sought to hear from such a range of writers who are not foreign policy experts. The short essays vary from Da Chen's moving description of immigration from China to Leilah Nadir's bitter screed against the Iraq War to Terry Eagleton poking fun at American myths and culture. What ties the pieces together is an apt observation from Imraan Coovadia that there are only two ways of looking at America from the outside: submission or resentment. VERDICT This is an easy and interesting read.." (LJ Reviews)
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