Essays on Patriotism

Thesis: Patriotism is known to be a necessity to support one’s country but many contradicting factors disagree with that actuality in today’s America. Patriotism is not inherently a good or bad thing but moderation is key for it just like anything else in life. Both...

Staub (2003) argues that blind patriotism is classified as loyalty that is not criticized. Actions and decisions made by a particular group are in supportive by its own members regardless to whether the actions lacks support towards values of morality and other people’s rights in...

For many British civilians during the First World War, a nation ran by simple exploitation and persuasion to boost patriotism was a common theme. In David Mongers article “Tangible Patriotism during the First World War: Individuals and the Nation in British Propaganda” he gives us...

The C.I.A. Headquarters in Virginia is a big, concealed campus surrounded by woods. The C.I.A. collects and organizes intelligence. On the C.I.A. website, their primary mission is, “to collect, analyze, evaluate, and disseminate foreign intelligence to assist the President and senior US government policymakers in...

“Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.” This was stated by John McCain, in his book entitled; Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir. The...

Over 65 million Indonesian youth share unique potentials that with the right support, can contribute even more actively to the betterment of society. Participatory and strategic involvement from the young generation plays a critical role to reach the national development agenda, in which if we...

Individualism is an aspect of American culture that sets America apart from the rest of the world. The ability to have individualized thoughts and ideas from each citizen of this country allows there to be growth, but it also can leave people divided. Our country...

In this book, E.J. Hobsbawn has investigate and inquired about the loyalist ponder. He takes after the ideological headway since the beginning of the twentieth century to the end. Similarly, he demonstrates that character as a myth and its results in truth as a techniques...

I too sing America: Themes off Family and Patriotism In Langston Hughes short yet notable poem “I, Too, sing America”, we are taken back to the dreadful period of segregation. In this poem, Langston Hughes is reclaiming rights taken away from him and other African...

Did you know the pledge of allegiance was written to sell American flags? The pledge is something we all learned as a child but, as a child we don’t know the background or history of it. Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge of allegiance in 1892...