'Americans are losing the victory in... Europe.'
Jessica's Well has unearthed an old issue of Life magazine, from January 1947 to be precise. It contains two articles by John Dos Passos, who tells his American audience about the terrible conditions of wartorn Europe, and in particular about how the Americans are losing the peace by messing up badly in Germany.
Never has American prestige in Europe been lower.People never tire of telling you of the ignorance and rowdy-ism of American troops, of out misunderstanding of European conditions. They say that the theft and sale of Army supplies by our troops is the basis of their black market. They blame us for the corruption and disorganization of UNRRA. They blame us for the fumbling timidity of our negotiations with the Soviet Union. They tell us that our mechanical de-nazification policy in Germany is producing results opposite to those we planned. “Have you no statesmen in America?” they ask. [...]
We have swept away Hitlerism, but a great many Europeans feel that the cure has been worse than the disease.
And, yeah, there is a headline saying "The skeptical French press."
Definately interesting reading: Article 1. Article 2.
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