The early nation consisted of only 13 states along the Atlantic, separated by the Appalachian mountains from a vast hinterland.
That is why Saadat Hasan Manto's provocative but thought-provoking short stories from the time of partition remain the key barometer of the hidden psyche of the early nation.
In the first of what will be a three-volume history of America, McDougall, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, embraces American exceptionalism, incisively portraying the brilliant but flawed people and institutions of the colonies and the early nation.
America is richly represented in the James collection; to search its catalog, quiltstudy.org/collections/search.html, is to be blissfully awash in the names of traditional quilt patterns that — with their allusions to faith, family, fighting and trade — are a microcosm of the early nation: Delectable Mountains and Drunkard's Path, Log Cabin and Mariner's Compass, Whig Rose and Burgoyne Surrounded.
"He needs to define his policies toward Syria early on because other nations, like Russia and Turkey, have clear interests," he said.
Australia was closely observed by other nations as early stages of the global pandemic in 2009 coincided with the southern hemisphere influenza season.
One foreign policy adviser to Mr. Gore said that Mr. Gore would have been more assertive earlier in engaging other nations.
Britain, France and Germany were expected to be the first to recognize the new nation as early as Monday, while other nations, fearing separatist movements within their own borders, have said they will refuse.
In the initial months of the American occupation, the hard-earned lessons of earlier nation-building campaigns by the United States and the United Nations in places like Bosnia, Afghanistan and East Timor were ignored by Pentagon planners, who tried to rush ahead with showcase infrastructure projects before securing public safety and a sense of participation, critics say.
What is certainly known, though, is that the changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th centuries provided a prototype for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and North America.
