Before World War II the armed services was racially segregated. The word nationalism came along a full 150 years later and until the 20th century was used interchangeably with Patriotism to mean roughly the same thing. As an example, recall the 20th-century anti-colonialism struggles in Africa and India driven by a strong nationalist sentiment among the oppressed peoples.
It is fitting here to recall Tom Nairn's well‐known metaphor about the two faces of Janus - the nation, and identity with it, can show not just its positive patriotic face but also its hateful and negative nationalistic face. Patriotism, love for or devotion to one's country, as the dictionary definition has it, is a popular topic in the literature on political theory and philosophy.
Customs and traditions became included in the patriotic orientation with an accompanying sense of national and historical pride. Core Democratic Values are the fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles of American society which unite all Americans. He thought of patriotism and love of country much as did Dr. Price.
Under this view, the military should draw people based on patriotism, service to others, and not through crass bonuses or special pays. On the other hand, national flag bunting can be arranged on pennants and can be hanged on overhead spaces that will add flair of patriotism to the party.
As Roger Scruton put it, for a liberal state to be secure, the citizens must understand the national interest as something other than the interest of the state. Emmerich works within the confinement of American genres in close collaboration with major Hollywood studios and has earned the reputation of being a patriotic
marines American director par excellence.
No matter what media sources Americans use, Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan argues that failing to follow any news at all is unpatriotic. Patriotism, in its specific sense of love of fatherland, or of one's people, is a historical corollary of a natural demand of community.
Kedourie, Elie, 1985, Nationalism, 3rd edition, London: Hutchinson. Whatever patriotism means to you, the chances are good that these are sentiments which are shared with others throughout the nation. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power." The other contrast, the one between attachment to one's country (patriotism) versus attachment to one's people and its traditions (nationalism), has also played a role.