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'''''American Dream, Global Nightmare''''' is a book by [[Ziauddin Sardar]] and [[Merryl Wyn Davies]] (Icon Books, 2004).
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}'''''American Dream, Global Nightmare''''' is a book by [[Ziauddin Sardar]] and [[Merryl Wyn Davies]] (Icon Books, 2004).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tonkin|first=Boyd|date=2004-10-01|title=This month's book: 'American Dream, Global Nightmare'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/this-months-book-american-dream-global-nightmare-by-ziauddin-sardar-merryl-wyn-davies-34792.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923042352/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/this-months-book-american-dream-global-nightmare-by-ziauddin-sardar-merryl-wyn-davies-34792.html |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=2020-09-23|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Arnold|first=Sue|author-link=Sue Arnold|date=2005-05-06|title=Dreaming of Hollywood|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/may/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview35|url-status=live|access-date=2020-09-23|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=18 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918203241/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/may/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview35}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Peter|date=2005-01-01|title=American Dream: Global Nightmare|url=https://newint.org/columns/media/books/2005/01/01/american-dream|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124162655/http://newint.org/columns/media/books/2005/01/01/american-dream/|archive-date=24 November 2013|access-date=2020-09-23|website=[[New Internationalist]]|language=en}}</ref> It presents the [[neoconservative]] ideology of [[Pax Americana]] as ten laws.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite journal

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*Law 3: Ignorance is bliss.
*Law 4: America is the idea of nation.
*Law 5: Democratisation of everything is the essence of America.
*Law 6: American democracy has the right to be imperial and express itself through Empire.
*Law 7: Cinema is the engine of Empire.
*Law 8: Celebrity is the common currency of Empire.
*Law 9: War is a necessity.
*Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.


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American Dream, Global Nightmare is a book by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies (Icon Books, 2004).[1][2][3] It presents the neoconservative ideology of Pax Americana as ten laws.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Tonkin, Boyd (1 October 2004). "This month's book: 'American Dream, Global Nightmare'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Arnold, Sue (6 May 2005). "Dreaming of Hollywood". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b Whittaker, Peter (1 January 2005). "American Dream: Global Nightmare". New Internationalist. Archived from the original on 24 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. ^ Sardar, Ziauddin (November 2006). "The Return of the Neo-Kharjites" (PDF). Journal of Futures Studies. 11 (2): 119–124. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2008.