Bloom's book contains useful insights, but, because it was published in 1941, it did not avail itself of the vast majority of scholarly research on nationalism. Also, important writings by Marx were not available yet.
There are at least three issues which Bloom doesn't adequately deal with: 1) Tribal (or ethnic) nationalism versus bourgeois (or civic) nationalism. 2) The transformations of state power and imperialism across 6,000 years. 3) The interaction between nationalism, and the developmental tendencies of capitalist markets. If you are seriously concerned with the issue of nationalism, I think Jim Blaut's The National Question is essential reading. Jurriaan
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