02393cam a2200373 i 4500 1308032301 TxAuBib 20240606120000.0 171022t20182016||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781501168345 paperback 1501168347 paperback TxAuBib rda Marshall, Tim, author. A flag worth dying for : the power and politics of national symbols / Tim Marshall. Power and politics of national symbols. First Scribner trade paperback edition. New York, NY : Scribner, 2018. ©2016. 290 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes an excerpt from the author new book "The age of walls". Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-280) and index. The stars and stripes -- The union and the jack -- The cross and the crusades -- Colors of Arabia -- Flags of fear -- East of Eden -- Flags of freedom -- Flags of revolution -- The good, the bad, and the ugly. From the renewed sense of nationalism in China to troubled identities in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the symbols, old and new, that people are rallying around. For thousands of years, flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colors. And still, in the twenty-first century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on Arab streets, from front porches in Texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob. In nine chapters covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, international flags, and flags of terror, Tim Marshall examines the systems of symbols that represent nation states and non-state actors (including ISIS, Hezbollah, and Hamas) and how they figure in diplomatic relations and events today. 20240416. Flags Political aspects. Emblems, National Political aspects. Symbolism.