Title Culture and propaganda : the progressive origins of American public diplomacy, 1936-1953 / Sarah Ellen Graham (University of Sydney, Australia)

Published Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents Introduction -- "Let's not be suckers again" : propaganda analysis, progressivism, and American foreign relations between the world wars -- "Enlightened and far-sighted leadership" : cultural diplomacy : Latin American precedents and wartime expansion -- Journalist or diplomat? : wartime broadcasting at the Voice of America -- "A forum is also a battleground" : the founding of UNESCO -- The limits of reciprocity : cultural diplomacy in the post-war world order -- "Threats to our virtue" : propaganda, information and the Cold War -- Cultural democracy and the Iron Curtain : UNESCO, multilateralism and the Cold War -- Conclusion Summary "Covering the crucial period between 1936 and 1953, this book explains how new notions of propaganda as reciprocal exchange, cultural engagement, and enlightening information paved the way for innovations in U.S. diplomatic practice. Through a comparative analysis of the State Department's Division of Cultural Relations, the government radio station Voice of America, and drawing extensively on U.S. foreign policy archives, this book shows how America's liberal traditions were reconciled with the task of influencing and attracting publics abroad"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject United States. Foreign Service. SUBJECT United States. Foreign Service fast Subject Diplomatic and consular service, American. Propaganda, American -- History -- 20th century Politics and culture. Cold War. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Diplomatic and consular service, American Diplomatic relations International relations -- Administration Politics and culture Propaganda, American SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140096 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140097 Subject United States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781472459039 1472459032

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