Roger, Philippe, 1949-

The American enemy : a story of French anti-Americanism / Philippe Roger ; translated by Sharon Bowman. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005. - xviii, 518 p. ; 24 cm.

Translation of: L'ennemi amâericain.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-506) and index.

The irresistible rise of the Yankee. The age of contempt ; The divided states of America ; Lady Liberty and the iconoclasts ; From Havana to Manila: an American world? ; Yankees and Anglo-Saxons ; Portraits of races ; "People of enemy blood" ; The empire of trusts: socialism or feudalism? -- A preordained notion. The other Maginot Line ; Facing the decline: Gallic hideout or European buffer zone? ; From debt to dependency: the Perrichon complex ; Metropolis, cosmopolis: in defense of Frenchness ; Defense of man: anti-Americanism is a humanism ; Insurrection of the mind, struggle for culture, defense of the intelligentsia.


Translated from the French.

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Anti-Americanism--France.
Buitenlandse betrekkingen.
Anti-Amerikanisme.
Antiamâericanisme--France.


United States--Relations--France.
France--Relations--United States.
âEtats-Unis--Relations--France.
France--Relations--âEtats-Unis.

E183.8.F8 / R722a 2005

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