Abstract
The number of Americans in France — notably on former military bases and in areas of industrial investment and development — increased dramatically after 1945, and their values and influence gradually permeated all aspects of French life. Reactions from writers and intellectuals were varied. Some were positive; others, especially those clearly on or sympathetic to the Left, were not. But if America and things American were viewed by many with suspicion, disapproval and even distaste, there developed a growing acknowledgement that they had come to stay. This paper charts some of these reactions as they were expressed in essays, newspaper articles and imaginative writing during the two decades following the Liberation.
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