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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791313603321

Autore

McKenzie Brian Angus

Titolo

Remaking France : Americanization, public diplomacy, and the Marshall Plan / / Brian Angus McKenzie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-85745-561-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Explorations in culture and international history ; ; volume 2

Disciplina

303.48244073

Soggetti

Americanization - History - 20th century

Public opinion - France - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations France

France Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1953

United States Foreign public opinion, French

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Remaking France; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; Chapter 2. "THE TRUE FACE OF THE UNITED STATES" AMERICAN EXHIBITS IN FRANCE,1948-1952; Chapter 3. THE MARSHALL PLAN ANDTRANS ATLANTIC TOURISM; Chapter 4. THE LABOR INFORMATION PROGRAM: "AN INFORMATION PANZER FORCE"; Chapter 5. THE MAKERS OF STORIES; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Public diplomacy, neglected following the end of the Cold War, is once again a central tool of American foreign policy. This book, examining as it does the Marshall Plan as the form of public diplomacy of the United States in France after World War Two, offers a timely historical case study. Current debates about globalization and a possible revival of the Marshall Plan resemble the debates about Americanization that occurred in France over fifty years ago. Relations between France and the United States are often tense despite their shared history and cultural ties, reflecting the general f