Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.

Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and American policy at home and abroad. Different perceptions–especially between the citizenry and the more cosmopolitan elites–of what constitutes national identity generate different national interests and policy priorities. 

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