After 9/11, After Katrina, Enron And Baghdad, The Robustness Of American Optimism Is Struggling To Reassert Itself Against The Sobering Reality Of Military Frustration And Domestic Anxieties.

• 911，卡特里娜飓风，安然公司事件以及伊战之后，美国式的乐观情绪若想要重回主流，受到以下两方面因素的阻碍：军事上的受挫和国内的焦虑情绪。