United States and Public Diplomacy

Kenneth Osgood, Ph.D. (2001) in History, University of California at Santa Barbara, is associate professor of history at Florida Altantic University. He is the author of Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad (2006).Brian C. Etheridge, Ph.D. (2002) in History, The Ohio State University, is associate professor of history at and director of the U.S. Foreign Policy Center at Louisiana Tech University, where he also holds the John D. Winter Endowed Professorship in History.

“The strength of this volume lies in its focus on public diplomacy outside the traditional domains of high profile policies and the rise of the national security state. Unquestionably there are benefits from historical studies of Cold War public diplomacy and more recent scholarship on campaigns to combat violent extremism. But, as this book demonstrates there is a great deal to be learned from public diplomacy strategies and methods of actors in other contexts… The greatest value of these essays is not in their occasional discourse on public diplomacy theory. It is their innovative approaches to diplomatic history and rich load of empirical evidence that will be most useful to theorists and practitioners.” (The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, 2010)“The United States and Public Diplomacy showcases fascinating new research into the history of public diplomacy. Each essay adds a fresh perspective to the narrative with impressive research and writing throughout. Collectively, they represent a significant contribution to the emerging literature on public diplomacy.” University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy (2010) [Full review]

• Contents Introduction: The New International History Meets the New Cultural History: Public Diplomacy and U.S. Foreign Relations PART I:Public Diplomacy as International History Chapter 1: The Anomaly of the Cold War: Cultural Diplomacy and Civil Society Since 1850 Chapter 2: The Problem of Power in Modern Public Diplomacy: The Netherlands Information Bureau and the United States in World War II and the Early Cold War Chapter 3: Ethnicity, Security, and Public Diplomacy: Irish-Americans and Ireland's Neutrality in World War II- Chapter 4: Hollywood, Tourism, and Dictatorship: Samuel Bronston's Special Relationship with the Franco Regime, 1957-73 Chapter 5: Supranational Public Diplomacy: The Evolution of the UN Department of Public Information and the Rise of Third World Advocacy Chapter 6: Transnational Public Diplomacy: Assessing Salvadoran Revolutionary Efforts to Build U.S. Public Opposition to Reagan's Central American Policy PART II: The United States and Public Diplomacy Chapter 7: Foreign Relations as Domestic Affairs: The Role of the "Public" in Postwar American Public Diplomacy Chapter 8: Crisis Management and Missed Opportunities: U.S. Public Diplomacy and the Creation of the Third World, 1947-50 Chapter 9: Film as Public Diplomacy: The USIA's Cold War at Twenty-Four Frames per Second Chapter 10: Mediating Public Diplomacy: Local Conditions and U.S. Public Diplomacy in Norway in the 1950s Chapter 11: Domestic Politics and Public Diplomacy: Appalachian Cultural Exhibits and the Changing Nature of U.S. Public Diplomacy, 1964-72 Chapter 12: Networks of Influence: U.S. Exchange Programs and Western Europe in the 1980s Giles Scott-Smith