Are The French Really So Anti-American?
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 04 May 2011 - The Washington Monthly. Hill busts the French anti-American myth by answering this recurrent question with some personal experiences. He argues that although the French clearly feel competitive with America, not only economically but also over shaping the direction of the world, he never found them to be particularly hostile toward Americans.
Hill’s American friend, Meredith Wheeler, a former writer and TV producer who made the arrangements for Hill’s European tour in
2010, has been living in France for 15 years. She told Hill how surprised she is by the affection and respect many French have toward the United States. As proof of that she points to the fact that the local veterans association began inviting her to carry the American flag at Armistice Day and military ceremonies in November and June, commemorating the end of World Wars I and II.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 04 May 2011 - The Washington Monthly. Hill busts the French anti-American myth by answering this recurrent question with some personal experiences. He argues that although the French clearly feel competitive with America, not only economically but also over shaping the direction of the world, he never found them to be particularly hostile toward Americans.
Hill’s American friend, Meredith Wheeler, a former writer and TV producer who made the arrangements for Hill’s European tour in
2010, has been living in France for 15 years. She told Hill how surprised she is by the affection and respect many French have toward the United States. As proof of that she points to the fact that the local veterans association began inviting her to carry the American flag at Armistice Day and military ceremonies in November and June, commemorating the end of World Wars I and II.
Anatomy of a Transatlantic Rift: America vs France at the UN, and the Clash Over Geopolitical Security
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 28 April 2011 - The Washington Monthly. With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that the skirmish between the United States and France in 2003 at the United Nations over Iraq was more than just a Cain and Abel episode between two erstwhile allies. It was a titanic clash over two different visions -- unilateralism vs multilateralism -- for how the global security system should work.
Blog: How's Europe Doing - posted 28 April 2011 - The Washington Monthly. With the benefit of hindsight, we can see that the skirmish between the United States and France in 2003 at the United Nations over Iraq was more than just a Cain and Abel episode between two erstwhile allies. It was a titanic clash over two different visions -- unilateralism vs multilateralism -- for how the global security system should work.
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