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Since September 11, 2001, extensive literature on United States's image abroad, by popular pundits and academics, leaves the reader with a false impression that foreigners' views of America are normally negative and impervious to change. They are complex, emotional, frequently internally contradictory, and often change quickly. Barry A. Sanders corrects this misimpression with a rigorous and insightful textual analysis of the roots of people's views of the United States and what can be done to alter them. According to Sanders, the attitudes a person expresses about the United States consist…