That Complicated France/America Thing

“While American Francophobia can seem transient, news oriented, associated with the political right and theatrical in character, French anti-Americanism – like a venerable Old World tradition – reaches far and deep. It is championed by both the left and right. And over its long evolutionary course, various scientific, philosophical, political, social and racial justifications have been offered. Its convictions are so fundamental that they are barely recognized, and they are spreading.”