Newsom, David D. The Imperial Mantle: the United States, Decolonization, and the Third World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2001. http://summit.worldcat.org/oclc/50174744.“Two questions have constantly been posed to me over these years. Those in new nations have asked, ‘Why does the US, with its own record of independence, not understand the attitudes of the Third World?’ In the US, people ask, ‘Why do the new nations exhibit such anti-American sentiments when we oppose imperialism and provide substantial help to them?'” “Whoever writes about the expressions and actions of the Third World faces immediate problems of credibility from both sides. Some may feel that dissident voices critical of the United States are overemphasized or exaggerated. I have no excuse; looking back at events I have observed I have often felt the only honest voices were those that told us what we did not want to hear. New nations often resent foreign analysis. In the developed world, those who seek to explain vagaries of the Third World are called apologists. The irrelevant question, ‘Whose side are you on?’ is frequently asked.” –David D. Newsom