The Cold War and the United States Information Agency : American propaganda and public diplomacy, 1945-1989 / Nicholas J. Cull.
Cull, Nicholas John.
2010
E840.2 .C85 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
The Cold War and the United States Information Agency : American propaganda and public diplomacy, 1945-1989 / Nicholas J. Cull.
Author
Cull, Nicholas John.
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN
9780521142830 (pbk.)
0521142830 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010, c2008.
Language
English
Description
xxv, 533 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
Call Number
E840.2 .C85 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.1/1
Summary
"Published at a time when the U.S. government's public diplomacy is in crisis, this book provides an exhaustive account of how it used to be done. The United States Information Agency was created, in 1953, to "tell America's story to the world" and, by engaging with the world through international information, broadcasting, culture, and exchange programs, became an essential element of American foreign policy during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified archives and more than 100 interviews with veterans of public diplomacy, from the Truman administration to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nicholas J. Cull relates both the achievements and the endemic flaws of American public diplomacy in this period."--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Proloue: The foundations of U.S. information overseas
Getting the sheep to speak : the Truman years, 1945-53
Mobilizing "the P-factor" : Eisenhower and the birth of the USIA, 1953-56
In the shadow of Sputnik : the second Eisenhower Administration, 1957-61
Inventing truth : the Kennedy Administration, 1961-63
Maintaining confidence : the early Johnson years, 1963-65
"My radio station" : the Johnson Administration, 1965-69
Surviving détente : the Nixon years, 1969-74
A new beginning : the Ford Administration, 1974-77
From the "two-way" mandate to the second Cold War : the Carter Administration, 1977-81
"Project Truth" : the first Reagan Administration, 1981-84
Showdown : the second Reagan Administration, 1985-89
Epilogue: Victory and the strange death of the USIA, 1989-99
Conclusion: trajectories, maps, and lessons from the past of U.S. public diplomacy.

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