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John J. Miller & Mark Molesky: Our Oldest Enemy: the History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France.(Shorter notices)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
John J. Miller & Mark Molesky Our Oldest Enemy: The History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France. Doubleday, 261 pages, $24.95
Recall that the "rush" to war with Iraq was attended in the U.S. by an efflorescence of Francophobic fever. Our streets ran red with Bordeaux (a revolutionary, excess worthy of the Reign of Terror); France was placed in an "axis of weasels"; in public discourse, Frenchmen were reduced--quelle injustice! quelle effronterie!--to shiftless Pepe Le Pews, reeking of Gauloises and raw fear.
For all that this reaction was condemned as boorish or "xenophobic," one feels there is a great gulf between "Chirac est un ver" or "freedom fries" and, say, Jean Baudrillard's comment about 9/11: "How all the world without exception dreamed of this event ..." (Tell ...
- French without tears.(French Negotiating Behavior: Dealing with La Grande...
- Magazine article from: The National Interest Walker, Martin March 22, 2005 700+ words
...Nation (Washington, DC: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2003), 344 pp., $14.87. John J. Miller and Mark Molesky, Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France (New York: Doubleday, 2004), 294 pp...
- Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with...
- Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch Goldman, Norman January 1, 2005 700+ words
Our Oldest Enemy: A History Of America's Disastrous...Relationship With France John J. Miller and Mark Molesky Doubleday: A Division of Random House...Mark Molesky that France is in fact the oldest enemy of the United States, looking at the...
- Just say non.(Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship...
- Magazine article from: National Review Herman, Arthur November 8, 2004 700+ words
Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America...by John J. Miller and Mark Molesky (Doubleday, 304 pp...really even then. Our Oldest Enemy, a collaboration between...John Miller and historian Mark Molesky, is popular revisionist...
- Dastardly French Plot Exposed: Fraternite a Gallic...
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) October 25, 2004 700+ words
Byline: Alex Daye Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America...by John J. Miller and Mark Molesky. Doubleday, 294 pages...certainly suspicious. Our Oldest Enemy, by John J. Miller and Mark Molesky, is a shrill battle cry...
- Au contraire; French history.
- Magazine article from: The Economist (US) August 13, 2005 700+ words
...English-language books have put the Gallic nation under the microscope, from the polemical ("Our Oldest Enemy" by John J. Miller and Mark Molesky; "The Arrogance of the French" by Richard Z. Chesnoff) to the fictional ("A Year in the...
- Portraits of optimism: Ill children relish free photo sessions held by...
- Newspaper article from: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) September 27, 2007 700+ words
...afflictions, such as cancer, that can leave the skin mottled or pale. Some lose their hair. To help make everyone look good, Mark Molesky, the photographer, was assisted yesterday by a makeup artist, Gindy Martin, who gave beautifying touches not only to...
- THE TROUBLES OF MIDDLE ENGLAND; Why soft centre is Strauss's big worry.(Sport)
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 28, 2009 700+ words
...But Bell the 'meek geek' must be transformed this week into the classy strokemaker who has flourished against all bar the oldest enemy, a point he was keen to make yesterday. 'I've played well against all the countries I've faced except Australia...
- Channel hopper.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) May 24, 2002 700+ words
...interesting about Belgians? Are all the Dutch dopesmoking pornographers? He kicks off with a trip to our closest neighbour and oldest enemy, France, to find out why they seem so smug - a quest quickly explained when he sails on the world's biggest racing yacht...
Source: HighBeam Research, John J. Miller & Mark Molesky: Our Oldest Enemy: the History of...