Sergio Fabbrini is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Ph.D. Programme in International Studies at the University of Trento, Italy. He is the editor of the "Rivista italiana di scienza politica".

• Introduction: Why is America Contested? 1. US Unilateralism and American Conservative Nationalism Part 1: The Rise and Success of American Conservative Nationalism 2. The Historical and Ideological Roots of the Neoconservative Persuasion 3. The Neoconservatives as a Continuation and an Aberration in American Foreign Policy 4. What’s the Big Idea? Models of Global Order in the Post-Cold War Era Part 2: The European Discontent: A New Anti-Americanism? 5. Anti-Americanism in Europe: What’s New? An Appraisal and Personal Account. 6. Anti-Americanism and the European Peace Movement: The Iraq War 7. Anti-Americanism and European Public Opinion during the Iraq War Part 3: Which Future for American Conservative Nationalism? 8. America after the 2004 Elections: Bold Policies and Political Quicksand 9. The Economic Constraints on American Unilateral Foreign Policy 10. The Cultural Resistance to American Political Values: A Global Perspective 11. Contested but Indispensable: The Missing Point of European Discontent