Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France

Liberté? Egalité? Fraternité? Or just plain gall?


In this provocative and brilliantly researched history of how the French have dealt with the United States, John J. Miller and Mark Molesky demonstrate that the cherished idea of French friendship has little basis in reality. Despite the myth of the “sister republics,” the French have always been our rivals, and have harmed and obstructed our interests more often than not.

This history of French hostility goes back to 1704, when a group of Fre...