Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. “Allo, Maroc, Ici les Americains”
• 3. Souvenir of the G.I.-Chewing Gum
• 4. Civil Affairs: “A Can of Worms”
• 5. The War Years
• 6. Reestablishment of the French Colonial Regime
• 7. The Paradox of Long- and Short-Term Diplomacy
• 8. The Reign of Terror
• 9. Sterile Diplomacy
• 10. Anti-Americanism?
• 11. The Worth of a Good Neighbor
• 12. Conclusion
• Source Material
• Index

About the Author

Leon Borden Blair (1917–1992), as a naval lieutenant commander, lived in this critical North African–Mediterranean area for seven years, first as a technical adviser for the French navy, then as United States politico-military liaison officer in Morocco,