POLS 365F - France and the U.S. in the 20th Century

CR: 3
Prerequisites: One French course above FREN 202, junior standing, and approval of the Resident Director. Even while these two countries should naturally be close allies, notably due to French aid during the American Revolution, their relations have often been stormy: differences of opinion about Germany during the inter-war period, American isolationism, the pro-Vichy policies of Roosevelt, recurrent anti-Americanism from the 1930s to today, French independence during the cold war, opposition to the war in Iraq, etc. However, beyond these tensions, there is a French fascination with America and an interest among American intellectuals and artists for France. We will study these elements primarily in chronological order, but at times from a transversal perspective, especially with respect to the connections between the two societies. Course offered in Paris in the Junior Year in France program.