Truman

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Harry S. Truman only occasionally, always in connection with the postwar period and the role of the United States in Europe. In his sessions on Michel Clouscard and "Everything is allowed but nothing is possible", he presents him as the president whose government sets up the Marshall Plan1. He also recalls that Truman signs the European economic recovery programme in 19472. This reminder appears in both the French and the English versions of the 2021 presentation3. In the afterword to the new edition of "Neo-fascism and the Ideology of Desire", he speaks of a continuity between Truman and Bush, though the passages say nothing more about it. In 2025, in a session on anti-Sovietism, he cites him together with Roosevelt about the D-Day landings4. For him, Truman is not a subject of study in his own right. He serves as a historical reference point for placing American intervention in Europe, most often in sessions devoted to Clouscard.

1. 1Everything is allowed but nothing is possible: Michel Clouscard (1)29 Jan 2012 · 34:41
2. 2Everything is allowed, nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68 and the capitalism of seduction14 Jul 2021 · 5:22
3. 3Everything's allowed, but nothing is possible! Michel Clouscard, May 68, French theory and capitalism14 Jul 2021 · 5:12
4. 4On the anti-Sovietism of the Khmer Rouge-Greens6 Feb 2025 · 14:04

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