Nationalism is a dirty word. The mere utterance conjures up images of authoritarianism, racism and Nazi death camps. However, this vision of nationalism couldn't be further from the truth. Yoram Hazony contends that nationalism for too long has been misdefined and unfairly slandered. In addition to denoting nationalism as a love and loyalty to one’s nation, Hazony uses the word to denote a theory of the best political order—one that seeks to establish a world of free and independent nations and that stands in direct contrast to imperialism. Hazony’s purpose in writing the book is to make a case for nationalism as the best political order. This is a summary of Yoram Hazony's The Virtue of Nationalism.