<div><div><div><b>"Once you see the deep and diffuse roots of current anti-Americanism, you realize there won't be an easy fix."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b></div><div><i></i> </div><div><div>The rise of anti-Americanism is the most pressing challenge facing us. In <i>America Against the World</i>, Pew Research Center president Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes consider the surprising findings of Pew's unprecedented survey of world opinion to understand why the world has turned against America: where once we were considered the champion of democracy, we are now seen as a militant hyperpower. </div><div><br>The answer: Americans' go-it-alone attitudes have pushed the world away. From our business endeavors abroad to the Bush administration's preemptive war policy, exceptional individualism--in particular, our belief in personal responsibility and our unclouded optimism--have encouraged the world to view the United States as a bully and a threat. Former secretary of state Madeleine K. Albright argues in her foreword that we cannot stop the spread of anti-Americanism without truly understanding who we are. <i>America Against the World</i> provides the insights to take that step.</div></div></div></div>