ps - this is another case of "damned if we do and damned if we don't" - The US has been raked over the coals repeatedly for claiming "American" to refer to it's citizens - but seems to be equally reviled for trying to INCLUDE other countries.

No offense was meant - "American History" when I was growing up included ALL the countries of the western hemisphere -and that definition of "American" has stuck with me. "US. History" focused on the United States and "Western History" was European history (I've never figured out that one...)