ABSTRACT
Five case studies illustrate the inclusive fitness logic of nationalism at work. In this chapter, the authors undertake a similar analysis, beginning with the inclusive fitness logic of patriotism. To illustrate the power of patriotism as a mobilization device for warfare, the people present two case studies: the United States and the USSR. The inclusive fitness logic of nationalism is far more potent than that of patriotism. To appreciate the challenge to patriotism arising from ethnic minority nationalism, it is useful to categorize multiethnic states into two distinct types: those which evolved through immigration and those which evolved through conquest. To illustrate the inclusive fitness logic of nationalism the people now consider two case studies, the United States and the USSR. US patriotism is a potent mobilization force. The power of nationalism and patriotism, as mobilization devices in warfare, is contingent on congruence of recognition markers and affective intensity among them..
