Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: A Funeral Oration: Pericles' Dilemma, and Ours -- Why They Hate Us: America and Its Enemies -- Two Cheers for Colonialism: How the West Prevailed -- Becoming American: Why the American Idea Is Unique -- The Reparations Fallacy: What African-Americans Owe America -- When Virtue Loses All Her Loveliness: Freedom and Its Abuses -- America The Beautiful: What We're Fighting For.

What's So Great About America is not asking a question; it's making a statement. Dinesh D'Souza, former White House policy analyst and bestselling author, argues that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, American ideals and patriotism should not be things we shy away from. Provocative, challenging, and personal, D'Souza's book offers the grounds for a solid, well-considered pride in the Western pillars of "science, democracy and capitalism," while deconstructing arguments from both the political left and political right. As an "outsider" from India who has had amazing success in the United States, D'Souza defends not an idealized America, but America as it really is.