Who is the "Dangerous Patriot"?

Question

Can you identify the person who was quoted as saying:
"Chauvinism is a proud and bellicose form of patriotism...which identifies numerous enemies who can only be dealt with through military power and which equates the national honor with military victory."

Feel free to comment on this quote.

Answer 1

In his Militarism, USA, a sober critique based on years of experience in the U.S. Marine Corps, Colonel James A. Donovan: identifies the dangerous patriot:
"the one who drifts into chauvinism and exhibits blind enthusiasm for military actions. He is a defender of militarism and its ideals of war and glory. Chauvinism is a proud and bellicose form of patriotism . . .

*Originally an enthusiast is a person possessed by a God.
Its uses, in a religious sense, are confined to a belief in religious inspiration, or to intense religious fervour or emotion.

*In modern ordinary usage, enthusiasm has lost its religious significance, and means a whole-hearted devotion to an ideal, cause, study or pursuit. Sometimes, in a depreciatory sense, it implies a devotion which is partisan and is blind to difficulties and objections.

*Patriotism denotes positive and supportive attitudes to a 'fatherland' by individuals and groups. The 'fatherland' (or 'motherland') can be a region or a city, but patriotism usually applies to a nation and/or a nation-state.

*Personal patriotism is emotional and voluntary. The patriot adheres to certain patriotic values, such as respect for the flag.

I consider myself to be a God Fearing Patriot. Yet, I would not be considered Chauvanistic. Proud, nonetheless.

Your quote deals with only one form of Patriot; the Blind Follower that is ill informed.

I do my Homework. I Value Information.