Discussion Questions
Questions for chapter 18:
1. What is citizenship? What is its significant in Western civilization?
2. What is a state? What is a nation? What is the United States?
3. What role have the American people played in the conduct of the wars of the United States since the Vietnam War? Is this their traditional role? If not, what has changed?
4. What are the internal danger to the security of the United States? Is the United States a culturally and politically cohesive entity? What does American nationalism mean at the dawn of the 21st century?