d ain ▁in ▁expansion ist ▁national ism ▁towards ▁all ▁foreign ▁nations ▁and ▁out s iders . ▁A ▁not ew orth y ▁exception ▁is ▁many ▁national ists ▁believe ▁in ▁peace ▁through ▁marriage ▁between ▁social ▁groups . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁national ism ▁" which ▁does ▁not ▁allow ▁the ▁rational ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁mind ▁to ▁assert ▁itself ". ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁total itar ian ▁and ▁author itar ian ▁reg imes ▁in ▁the ▁Inter war ▁period , ▁which ▁eventually ▁led ▁to ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁sometimes ▁associated ▁with ▁American ▁expansion ism . ▁ ▁Origin ▁The ▁earliest ▁known ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁phrase ▁" bl ind ▁national ism " ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 8 ▁book ▁Ra cial ▁Problem s ▁in ▁Hung ary ▁by ▁British ▁historian ▁Robert ▁William ▁Set on - W at son : ▁ ▁Qu otes ▁According ▁to ▁David ▁N io se , ▁former ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Human ist ▁Association : ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : National ism <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁F IB T ▁World ▁Championships ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Al pe ▁d ' H uez , ▁France ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁time , ▁having ▁hosted ▁the ▁event ▁previously ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁The ▁Four - man ▁b obs le igh ▁event ▁was ▁cancel led ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁consecutive ▁year ▁though ▁the ▁cause ▁this ▁time ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁high ▁temper atures ▁that ▁caused ▁the ▁ice ▁on ▁the ▁track ▁to ▁m elt ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁compet itor ' s ▁death ▁as