American cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century /
Richard T. Arndt.
1st ed.
Dulles, Va. :
Potomac Books,
2005.
xxi, 602 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-592) and index.
An academic mole -- Cultural diplomacy from the Bronze Age to World War I -- Total war and its aftershocks, 1917-1932 -- Designing cultural relations, 1932-1940 -- Nelson Rockefeller and other new boys, 1940-1945 -- MacLeish's moment, spring, 1945 -- Early field staffing : the point of contact -- Two classic cultural products : architecture and libraries -- Benton, Fulbright, Smith, and Mundt -- Products and people : English, books, and two visionaries -- Postwar losses and Fulbright's gift -- Reorienting enemies, campaigning for truth -- The birth of USIA -- George Allen in the middle -- New frontiers for old : Murrow and Coombs -- Battle's rescue and the birth of the Peace Corps -- The arts of vision -- The ordeal of Charles Frankel -- The arts of performance -- Intellect, government, and Fulbright drift -- Nixon and Ford, Shakespeare and Richardson -- Six intellectual CAOs -- Stanton's challenge : status quo or change? -- Paved with good intentions : Carter's reorganization -- Two decades of decline -- Sunset or new dawn?
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"During the last five decades, U.S. cultural diplomacy programs have withered because of politics and accidents of history that have subordinated cultural diplomacy to public relations campaigning, now called "public diplomacy." With anti-Americanism on the rise worldwide, cultural diplomacy should become an immediate priority, but politicians continue to ignore this relatively inexpensive, age-old tool for promoting understanding among nations. Richard Arndt probes the history of American cultural diplomacy to demonstrate its valuable past contributions and to make a plea for reviving it for the future."--Jacket.
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