Introduction
Public diplomacy on trial? / Philip M. Taylor
Rebuilding public diplomacy : the case of Israel / Eytan Gilboa and Nachman Shai
Advisor non grata : the duelling roles of U.S. public diplomacy / John Robert Kelley
Let's make this happen! : the tension of the unipolar in US public diplomacy / Scott Lucas
The dots above the detail : the myopia of meta-narrative in George W. Bush's declarative "war of ideas" / David Ryan
Soft power, US public diplomacy and global risk / Giles Scott-Smith
Karen Hughes and the Brezhnev syndrome : the trial of public diplomacy as domestic performance / Nicholas J. Cull
Public diplomacy in the Middle East : dynamics of success and failure / Lina Khatib
The longer term impact of US public diplomacy in the Americas during WWII / Elizabeth Fox
Competing narratives : US public diplomacy and the problematic case of Latin America / Bevan Sewell
The seven paradoxes of public diplomacy / Daryl Copeland
The public diplomacy challenge of strategic stakeholder engagement / R.S. Zaharna
Skills of the public diplomat : language, narrative, and allegiance / Biljana Scott
Public diplomacy : courting publics for short-term advantage or partnering public for lasting peace and sustainable properity? / Naren Chitty
Looking at the man in the mirror : understanding of power and influence in public diplomacy / Ali Fisher
Conclusion.