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| − | '''Jingoism''' is a term used to describe extreme patriotism, especially in the form of a warlike foreign policy.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=jingoism&x=0&y=0</ref> The term is often derogatory. The foreign policy of the United States has been described as jingoist on occasions in history, most recently in criticisms by [[liberals]] of how Republican President [[George W. Bush]] handled the Iraq War. [[Liberals]] have rarely used to the term to criticize Democratic Presidents' starting of wars, as in the cases of Democratic President [[Harry S Truman]] ([[Korean War]]) and Democratic President [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Vietnam War]]). The term was first used to describe American foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century to describe Republican President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s handling of the [[Spanish-American War]]. | + | '''Jingoism''' is a term used to describe extreme patriotism, especially in the form of a warlike foreign policy.<ref>http://www.bartleby.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col61&query=jingoism&x=0&y=0</ref> The term is often derogatory. The foreign policy of the United States has been described as jingoist on occasions in history, most recently in criticisms of [[neoconservative]] warmongers in the Iraq, Afghan, Syrian, Libyan, and Ukraine wars. |
| − | | + | <!--[[Liberals]] have rarely used to the term to criticize Democratic Presidents' starting of wars, as in the cases of Democratic President [[Harry S Truman]] ([[Korean War]]) and Democratic President [[Lyndon Johnson]] ([[Vietnam War]]).--> |
| − | A good example of actual jingoism is the history of [[Nazi Germany]]. They were so convinced that they were superior in every way, that they moved to spread this across the world by subjugating it under their tyrannical rule. | + | A good example of jingoism is the history of [[Nazi Germany]]. They were so convinced that they were superior in every way, that they moved to spread this across [[Europe]] by subjugating it under their tyrannical rule. |
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| | The word ''“jingo”'' is a British English form of “golly”, “gosh”, “gee” etc. and is always part of the term “by jingo!”. The term found its way into a music hall song, topical during the Turko-Russian War in the late 1870s when British anti-Russian sentiment was still strong after the [[Crimean War]] less than a generation before. | | The word ''“jingo”'' is a British English form of “golly”, “gosh”, “gee” etc. and is always part of the term “by jingo!”. The term found its way into a music hall song, topical during the Turko-Russian War in the late 1870s when British anti-Russian sentiment was still strong after the [[Crimean War]] less than a generation before. |
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| | :::''We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too, | | :::''We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too, |
| | :::''We've fought the Bear before, and while we're Britons true | | :::''We've fought the Bear before, and while we're Britons true |
| − | :::::''The Russians shall not have Constantinople!"'' | + | :::::''The [[Russia]]ns shall not have Constantinople!"'' |
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| − | "Jingoism" was coined from the song. During that time, aggressive foreign policy was popularly known in the United States as ''spread-eagleism''. The term "jingoism" didn't become popular in the United States until the aforementioned case involving Theodore Roosevelt. | + | "Jingoism" was coined from the song. During that time, aggressive foreign policy was popularly known in the United States as ''spread-eagleism''. The term was first used in America to describe the foreign policy of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s handling of the [[Spanish-American War]]. |
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| | ==Sere also== | | ==Sere also== |