As chapter 5 demonstrated, the NWAC's interpretation of British identity looked both inward and outward. However, whereas adversarial patriotism provided a predominantly negative motivation, the supranational and proprietorial sub-patriotisms presented positive explanations of what being British meant. Both transcended national boundaries. Supranational patriotism celebrated Britain's similarities with, and differences from, its allies, especially the USA, France and the empire (usually restricted to the ‘white’ Dominions). By dwelling on examples of behaviour or attitude where Britons were putatively surpassed by their allies, NWAC propaganda sought not to inspire through fear or outrage but to appeal to British pride in positive ways. In lauding French or American civilians, or Dominion soldiers, propagandists combined an explicit message of praise and friendship towards Britain's allies with an implicit encouragement of patriotic rivalry. Additionally, supranational patriotism illuminated similarities between Britain and its ‘great’ allies, thereby fusing supranational and proprietorial patriotism. Four values – honour, liberty, justice and democracy – were constantly invoked (sometimes with attendant emphasis on Christianity) to demonstrate that Britain and its allies fought for ‘civilisation’.