As Americans prepare to vote, historian Eric Foner speaks to Spiegel about the current crisis of confidence in the United States, the roots of US exceptionlaism and the country's ever-changing concept of freedom.
to read the interview with historian Eric Foner published in: Spiegel 10/30/2008, click on
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,587536,00.html
Original: "Life is Getting More Difficult for Americans"