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Decolonisation seems to have dented little the sense of superiority that since 1945 has made American leaders in particular consistently underestimate the intensity of nationalist feeling in Asia and Africa.

Pankaj Mishra

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Die Entkolonialisierung scheint das Überlegenheitsgefühl wenig zu beeinträchtigen, das insbesondere die amerikanische Führung seit 1945 dazu veranlasst hat, die Intensität nationalistischer Gefühle in Asien und Afrika zu unterschätzen.

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