Recommend reading the articles by Amis and Raven in Tuesday's Guardian, the second supplement part.
Best, most pertinent and most perceptive of the reporting in the mainstream media I've yet come acros.
Raven's in particular is of considerable power with regard to the US mindset and how the rest of the world see the US people (collectively), with some really telling observations that any intelligent US citizen should read and inwardly digest.
I think The Guardian has a web page at www.theguardian.co.uk, follow links to features. If I have time I'll go and have a dig on the internet and post up more detailed urls.