Qu'est-ce que l'Amérique?

André Siegfried and the Complexities of French Anti-Americanism

“…… We cannot liken ourselves to them in this respect." 65 Yet it was the darker aspects of the alien character of the US that fascinated Siegfried above all. The country's massive size meant that it lacked Europe's "human" dimensions, and while immigration had been sharply reduced, "mediocre" arrivals from Southern and Eastern Europe continued to disrupt the national psyche.…”