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Culture and Propaganda The Progressive Origins of American Public Diplomacy, 1936-1953

By Sarah Ellen Graham Copyright 2015
284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

284 Pages
by Routledge

Throughout the twentieth century governments came to increasingly appreciate the value of soft power to help them achieve their foreign policy ambitions. Covering the crucial period between 1936 and 1953, this book examines the U.S. government’s adoption of diplomatic programs that were designed to persuade, inform, and attract global public opinion in support of American national interests.... Read more

Culture and Propaganda

Biography

Sarah Ellen Graham is a lecturer at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Graham is the author of numerous articles on the history of US foreign policy, diplomatic theory, and public diplomacy. Her work has been published in Diplomatic History, Orbis, Diplomacy & Statecraft, the Australasian Journal of American Studies, Place Branding & Public Diplomacy and the International Studies Review. Her article on Unesco in Diplomatic History was awarded the Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. Graham completed her PhD at the Australian National University, has been a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney, and was also a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the University of Southern California.