Word: francophobia
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...febriphobia: ... fever Francophobia: ... France frigophobia: ... cold
Spurned Fortune. In Cairo, under Nasser's protection, Krim worked with other North African exiles for the independence of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. But he was disgusted by the terms on which freedom was won; he claimed they were too favorable to France. His Francophobia deepened with the years, and in 1957 he warned the U.S. against relying on France to defend Europe, adding querulously: "I don't know why the world doesn't catch on to those French-they're stupid, weak, stubborn and selfish." After Morocco won its independence. King Mohammed V tried...
Pilot Hinkler's tactlessness alone would be almost enough to endear him to Editor Grey who loves nothing more than to bait the Air Ministry and infuriate the Industry, with which he occasionally enjoys keen unpopularity. Intensely patriotic (suspected of Francophobia), a firm believer in British aviation, he loathes dunderheadedness
...Entente Cordiale were doing all they could to further the cause of peace, the villains of the piece were laying their nefarious plans. He tells of the surreptitious beginnings of the German war policy and leads up by stages to the open manifestations of that dread disease?Francophobia. Finally through a maze of diplomatic material M. Viviani, with true legal logic, proves his case for the prosecution. Some brief notes and excerpts: Of Bismarck: The author shows that Bismarck exercised a great influence in the early days of Wilhelm's reign. Some of his maxims are given: " Direct parliamentary government...
...merit. Even though the light in which events and facts are shown is always entirely unfavorable to France, the book has a distinct interpretative value for the student; to the layman there is always the shadow of an impartial truth in Signer Nitti's most fiery denunciations. His Francophobia must, however, always be borne in mind...