The French polemic
Subtitle: nationalism, racism and Atlanticism in the  past, present and future
By:  Nannette Sherry Roberts
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 92
Description: This thesis offers an overview of French nationalism, racism and Atlanticism in the country's past, present and future. It argues that nationalism and racism lie at the root of the French socio-political polemics and that the contemporary problems draw from French history. This explanation places particular emphasis upon the evolution of France as a cohesive nation- state and the subsequent development and definition of the French citizen, as well as the corollary concept of the foreigner. This study also discusses the repercussions of nationalism as exhibited through xenophobic tendencies and racism throughout French history and into the present. The French integration model further explored, reveals nationalist proclivities that intertwine with the assimilation process of immigrants. This thesis seek. to unknot the issues of French nationalism as a basis for better understanding and more effective U. S. policy with France.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Donald Abenheim.

"December 1993."

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1993.

Bibliography: p. 85-90.

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