Present day national and international issues in Europe and the United States are the topics of this timely and very informative book. Dr. Fariña illustrates that when a shared identity is threatened, efforts are undertaken to protect it from its external others. Utilizing an integrated sociopolitical and psychological approach the author also focuses on collective traumas and losses, difficulty in large group mourning, and transgenerational transmissions. The connections between the rise of ideologies such as nativism and unprocessed collective traumas are presented. Reading this book expands our understanding of the political and societal events we face.