Have A Nice Day
Forget everything you think you know about the USA. Forget George Bush. Put to one side the Iraq war. Avert your eyes from the overweight inhabitants of Kansas. This book is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the simple question, "why is America so successful?" without sneering at that success or claiming that it is illegitimate or unreal.
Have a Nice Day does not shy away from the guns, the racial divisions or the crazy preachers. But it puts the rough edges of American life in context – geographical and intellectual. With the election of a new president in November 2008, America is making its next big move. This is exactly the right time, Justin Webb claims, for the world to take a new look at the essence of the USA, at why Americans think as they do, and why they might just be right
"If you want to know what makes Americans tick, read this book. Webb knows America - and it shows."
John Humphrys
"Not since Charles Wheeler has the BBC had as fine an American correspondent. His perceptive reporting has been a joy."
The Times
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About the author
Justin Webb is the BBC's North America Editor and an occasional presenter of the Today Programme on Radio Four. He has spent the last six years s