The Patriotic America This is a research paper about the history, changes, and effects of partiotism in America.

<Tab/>In times of war, the patriotic fervor of the United States increases dramatically. Somehow patriotism holds the people of a country together, but all the while it seems to separate humans across the globe with the idea that supporting one's country means despising the rest. The suggestion that one country ranks the best of all countries promotes a type of monolithic and narrow-minded society that should have disappeared ages ago. …

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