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Remaking France : Americanization, public diplomacy, and the Marshall Plan / Brian Angus McKenzie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKenzie, Brian Angus, author.
- Series:
- Explorations in culture and international history series ; volume 2.
- Explorations in culture and international history ; volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marshall Plan.
- Americanization--History--20th century.
- Americanization.
- Public opinion--France--History--20th century.
- Public opinion.
- United States--Foreign relations--France.
- United States.
- France--Foreign relations--United States.
- France.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- United States--Foreign public opinion, French.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 22, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9780857455611
- 0857455613
- OCLC:
- 1347246867
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