American cultural diplomacy in the twentieth century /
First Statement of Responsibility
Richard T. Arndt.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dulles, Va. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Potomac Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2005.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxi, 602 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-592) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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CHAPTER 1: Cultural Diplomacy from the Bronze Age to World War I -- CHAPTER 2: Total War and Its Aftershocks, 1917-1932 -- CHAPTER 3: Designing Cultural Relations, 1932-1940 -- CHAPTER 4: Nelson Rockefeller and Other New Boys, 1940-1945 -- CHAPTER 5: MacLeish's Moment, Spring, 1945 -- CHAPTER 6: Early Field Staffing: The Point of Contact -- CHAPTER 7: Two Classic Cultural Products: Architecture and Libraries -- CHAPTER 8: Benton, Fulbright, Smith, and Mundt -- CHAPTER 9: English Products and People: Books, and Two Visionaries -- CHAPTER 10: Postwar Losses and Fulbright's Gift -- CHAPTER 11: Reorienting Enemies, Campaigning for Truth -- CHAPTER 12: The Birth of USIA -- CHAPTER 13: George Allen in the Middle -- CHAPTER 14: New Frontiers for Old: Murrow and Coombs -- CHAPTER 15: Battle's Rescue and the Birth of the Peace Corps -- CHAPTER 16: The Arts of Vision -- CHAPTER 17: The Ordeal of Charles Frankel -- CHAPTER 18: The Arts of Performance -- CHAPTER 19: Intellect, Government, and Fulbright Drift -- CHAPTER 20: Nixon and Ford, Shakespeare and Richardson -- CHAPTER 21: Six Intellectual CAOs -- CHAPTER 22: Stanton's Challenge: Status Quo or Change? -- CHAPTER 23: Paved with Good Intentions: Carter's Reorganization -- CHAPTER 24: Two Decades of Decline -- AFTERWORD: Sunset or New Dawn?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A landmark study of the most-neglected tool of U.S. foreign policy.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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OverDrive, Inc.
Stock Number
D5585718-D09B-47B0-8FF6-C4763F3C2322
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
First resort of kings.
International Standard Book Number
9781574885873
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States.-- History-- 20th century.
États-Unis.-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
United States.
United States Information Agency-- History-- 20th century.
United States Information Agency-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
United States Information Agency.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cultural relations-- History-- 20th century.
Diplomats-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Educational exchanges-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Diplomates-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Éducation-- Échanges internationaux-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Relations culturelles-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Cultural relations.
Culturele betrekkingen.
Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
Diplomats.
Educational exchanges.
International relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.