It is one of our most honored clichés that America is an idea rather than a nation. That is false. America can be indisputably a country, and one which desperately must protect its interests, its borders, and its own identity.

The Brexit vote as well as the election of Donald Trump swept nationalism to the forefront from the political argument. This is a very important thing. Nationalism is normally assumed to be always a dirty word, nonetheless it is a base of democratic self-government and of worldwide peace.

National Review on the subject of The Case for Nationalism: How It all Made Us Powerful, United, and Free editor High Lowry refutes critics in left and the right, reclaiming the word “nationalism” from those who equate it with racism, militarism and fascism. He explains how nationalism can be an American tradition, a thread that runs through such diverse market leaders as Alexander Hamilton, Teddy Roosevelt, Martin Luther Ruler, Jr., and Ronald Reagan.

In The Case for Nationalism, Lowry explains how nationalism was central towards the American Task. It fueled the American Trend as well as the ratification of the Constitution. It preserved the country during the Civil War. It led to the expansion from the American nation’s territory and power, and eventually to our very helpful contribution to creating an international system of self-governing countries.

It’s time to recover a healthy American nationalism, and especially a cultural nationalism that insists over the assimilation of immigrants and that protects our history, civic rituals and traditions, which are under constant threat. At the same time in which our nation is definitely plagued by self-doubt and self-criticism, THE SITUATION for Nationalism offers a route for America to regain its nationwide self-confidence and accomplish continued greatness.