Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' apparatus for public diplomacy into disarray.

The Decline and Fall of the United States Information Agency: American Public Diplomacy, 1989–2001 (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Cull, Nicholas J.

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

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. Major topics include the process by which the Truman and Eisenhower administrations built a massive overseas propaganda operation; the struggle of the Voice of America radio to base its output on journalistic truth; the challenge of presenting Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, and Watergate to the world; and the climactic confrontation with the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This study offers remarkable and new insights into the Cold War era.

The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989

History

Americas

Cambridge University Press

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age (Contemporary Political Communication)

New technologies have opened up fresh possibilities for public diplomacy, but this has not erased the importance of history. On the contrary, the lessons of the past seem more relevant than ever, in an age in which communications play an unprecedented role. Whether communications are electronic or hand-delivered, the foundations remain as valid today as they ever have been. Blending history with insights from international relations, communication studies, psychology, and contemporary practice, Cull explores the five core areas of public diplomacy: listening, advocacy, cultural diplomacy, exchanges, and international broadcasting. He unpacks the approaches which have dominated in recent years – nation-branding and partnership – and sets out the foundations for successful global public engagement. Rich with case studies and examples drawn from ancient times through to our own digital age, the book shows the true capabilities and limits of emerging platforms and technologies, as well as drawing on lessons from the past which can empower us and help us to shape the future. This comprehensive and accessible introduction is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners, as well as anyone interested in understanding or mobilizing global public opinion.

Polity

New technologies have opened up fresh possibilities for public diplomacy, but this has not erased the importance of history. On the contrary, the lessons of the past seem more relevant than ever, in an age in which communications play an unprecedented role. Whether communications are electronic or hand-delivered, the foundations remain as valid today as they ever have been. Blending history with insights from international relations, communication studies, psychology, and contemporary practice, Cull explores the five core areas of public diplomacy: listening, advocacy, cultural diplomacy, exchanges, and international broadcasting. He unpacks the approaches which have dominated in recent years – nation-branding and partnership – and sets out the foundations for successful global public engagement. Rich with case studies and examples drawn from ancient times through to our own digital age, the book shows the true capabilities and limits of emerging platforms and technologies, as well as drawing on lessons from the past which can empower us and help us to shape the future. This comprehensive and accessible introduction is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners, as well as anyone interested in understanding or mobilizing global public opinion.

The Decline and Fall of the United States Information Agency: American Public Diplomacy, 1989-2001 (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

The second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy, co-edited by two leading scholars in the international relations subfield of public diplomacy, includes 16 more chapters from the first. Ten years later, a new global landscape of public diplomacy has taken shape, with major programs in graduate-level public diplomacy studies worldwide. What separates this handbook from others is its legacy and continuity from the first edition. This first edition line-up was more military-focused than this edition, a nod to the work of Philip M. Taylor, to whom this updated edition is dedicated. This edition includes US content, but all case studies are outside the United States, not only to appeal to a global audience of scholars and practitioners, but also as a way of offering something fresher than the US/UK-centric competition. In Parts 1–4, original contributors are retained, many with revised editions, but new faces emerge. Parts 5 and 6 include 16 global case studies in public diplomacy, expanding the number of contributors by ten. The concluding part of the book includes chapters on digital and corporate public diplomacy, and a signature final chapter on the noosphere and noopolitik as they relate to public diplomacy. Designed for a broad audience, the Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy is encyclopedic in its range and depth of content, yet is written in an accessible style that will appeal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Snow, Nancy

Reference

Routledge

Reputational Security: Refocusing Public Diplomacy for a Dangerous World

We are living in turbulent times, witnessing renewed international conflict, resurgent nationalism, declining multilateralism, and a torrent of hostile propaganda. How are we to understand these developments and conduct diplomacy in their presence? Nicholas J. Cull, the distinguished historian of propaganda, revisits the international media campaigns of the past in the light of the challenges of the present.&nbsp;His concept of Reputational Security deftly links issues of national image and outreach to the deepest needs of any state, rescuing them from the list of low-priority optional extras to which they are so often consigned in the West. Reputational Security, he argues, comes from being known and appreciated in the world.&nbsp;With clarity and determination, Cull considers core tasks, approaches, and opportunities available for international actors today, including counter propaganda, media development, diaspora diplomacy, cultural work, and - perhaps most surprisingly of all - media disarmament. This book is crucial for all who care about responding to the threat of malign media disruption, revitalizing international cooperation, and establishing the Reputational Security we and our allies need to survive and flourish. &nbsp;&nbsp; Reputational Security&nbsp;is enlightening reading for students and scholars of public diplomacy, international relations, security studies, communications, and media, as well as practitioners.

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The Decline and Fall of the United States Information Agency: American Public Diplomacy, 1989–2001 (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)

The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989

The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American Propaganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945–1989

Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age (Contemporary Political Communication)

Public Diplomacy: Foundations for Global Engagement in the Digital Age (Contemporary Political Communication)

The Decline and Fall of the United States Information Agency: American Public Diplomacy, 1989-2001 (Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy)

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

Routledge Handbook of Public Diplomacy

Reputational Security: Refocusing Public Diplomacy for a Dangerous World

Reputational Security: Refocusing Public Diplomacy for a Dangerous World