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UncategorizedIs there anti-American sentiment in France? And did I experience it? The simple answers are “yes” and “no,” but the questions must be viewed within a broad historical context. The affection between the French and Americans has a long and turbulent history going back to the American Revolution, the French admiring our energy and enterprise, and Americans traveling to France for its art, theater, cuisine, and fashion. The French fascination with American pop culture arose during the jazz era and has steadily increased. The recent tension over our administration’s policy in Iraq has been described as a “lover’s quarrel,” not to diminish the seriousness of the cause but to put the rift in perspective. It cannot last because there is otherwise too much underlying sympathy and interdependence, and the disagreement of governments does not translate perfectly into antipathy between peoples. Fee ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 22 December 2003, on page 57 Copyright © 2012 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-Com-die-Fran-aise--Gauguin---Botticelli-1633
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