The United States and public diplomacy [electronic resource] : new directions in cultural and international history / edited by Kenneth A. Osgood and Brian C. Etheridge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osgood, Kenneth Alan, 1971-

Etheridge, Brian Craig, 1973-

Series:

Diplomatic studies ; v. 5.

Diplomatic studies, 1872-8863 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign public opinion.

United States.

United States--Relations.

United States--Foreign relations administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""The United States and Public Diplomacy"" adds historical perspective to the ongoing global conversation about public diplomacy and its proper role in foreign affairs. It highlights the fact that the United States has not only been an important sponsor of public diplomacy, it also has been a frequent target of public diplomacy initiatives sponsored by others. Many of the essays in this collection look beyond Washington to explore the ways in which foreign states, non-governmental organizations, and private citizens have used public diplomacy to influence the government and people of the United

Contents:

The anomaly of the Cold War : cultural diplomacy and civil society since 1850 / Jessica C.E. Gienow-Hecht

The problem of power in modern public diplomacy. The Netherlands Information Bureau in World War II and the early Cold War / David J. Snyder

Ethnicity, security, and public diplomacy : Irish-Americans and Ireland's neutrality in World War II / John Day Tully

Hollywood, tourism, and dictatorship : Samuel Bronston's special relationship with the Franco regime, 1957-1973 / Neal M. Rosendorf

Supranational public diplomacy: the evolution of the UN Department of Public Information and the rise of third world advocacy / Seth Center

Transnational public diplomacy : assessing Salvadoran revolutionary efforts to build U.S. public opposition to Reagan's Central American policy / Héctor Perla Jr.

Foreign relations as domestic affairs : the role of the "public" in the origins of U.S. public diplomacy / Justin Hart

Crisis management and missed opportunities : U.S. public diplomacy and the creation of the third world, 1947-1950 / Jason C. Parker

Film as public diplomacy: the USIA's Cold War at twenty-four frames per second / Nicholas J. Cull

Mediating public diplomacy : local conditions and U.S. public diplomacy in Norway in the 1950s / Helge Danielsen

Domestic politics and public diplomacy : Appalachian cultural exhibits and the changing nature of U.S. public diplomacy, 1964-1972 / Michael L. Krenn

Networks of influence : U.S. exchange programs and Western Europe in the 1980s / Giles Scott-Smith.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94977-2

9786612949777

90-474-3035-2

OCLC:

695982151