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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. Cultural relations occur naturally between people in different nations as a result of trade, tourism, student exchanges, entertainment, communications, migration, intermarriage—millions of cross-cultural encounters. But cultural diplomacy only happens when a government decides to channel and to support cultural exchange through planned programs to promote broad national interests. The First Resort of Kings examines the first eight decades of formal U.S. cultural diplomacy, from its tentative beginnings in World War I through the 1990s. Arndt also compares America’s efforts with those of other nations and enriches his narrative by detailing the professional experiences of the men and women who have represented American democracy, education, intellect, art, and literature to the rest of the world. His work shows that this dialogue of American culture and education with the rest of the world is neither a frill nor a domestic political concern but is the deepest cornerstone of a positive, forward-looking U.S. foreign policy. Arndt argues that, particularly in the wake of the Iraq War, America must revive its cultural diplomacy programs as a long-term investment in international goodwill and understanding.--

Cultural diplomacy --- Cultural relations --- Diplomacy --- History --- United States --- Relations. --- Relations --- United States. --- United States Information Agency --- Agence d'information des Etats-Unis --- Agencia de Información de los EE. UU. --- ASV Informācijas dienests --- Forenede Staters Informationstjeneste --- Informativna služba Sjedinjenih Američkih Država --- Informativna služba Sjedinjenih Država Amerike --- Informat︠s︡iĭne agentstvo SShA --- Informat︠s︡iĭne ahentstvo SShA --- Mei-kuo hsin wen tsung shu --- Servicio Informativo de los EE. UU. --- Servicio Informativo y Cultural de los Estados Unidos --- Servicio Informativo y Cultural de los Estados Unidos de América --- U.S.I.A. --- USIA --- U.S. Information Agency --- US Information Agency --- Wakālat al-Iʻlām al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvaltain tiedotustoimisto --- Agência de Informação dos Estados Unidos --- International Information and Educational Exchange Program (U.S.) --- United States Information Service --- Gosdepartament SShA --- 美国. --- DOS --- Cultural relations. --- Cultural exchange --- Intercultural relations --- Intellectual cooperation --- International relations

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Public diplomacy—the uncertain art of winning public support abroad for one's government and its foreign policies—constitutes a critical instrument of U.S. policy in the wake of the Bush administration's recent military interventions and its renunciation of widely accepted international accords. Wilson Dizard Jr. offers the first comprehensive account of public diplomacy's evolution within the U.S. foreign policy establishment, ranging from World War II to the present. Dizard focuses on the U. S. Information Agency and its precursor, the Office of War Information. Tracing the political ups and downs determining the agency's trajectory, he highlights its instrumental role in creating the policy and programs underpinning today's public diplomacy, as well as the people involved. The USIA was shut down in 1999, but it left an important legacy of what works—and what doesn't—in presenting U.S. policies and values to the rest of the world. Inventing Public Diplomacy is an unparalleled history of U.S. efforts at organized international propaganda.

History of North America --- International relations. Foreign policy --- anno 1900-1999 --- United States --- International relations. Foreign policyanno 1900-1999United States --- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989. --- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-. --- United States -- Relations. --- United States Information Agency -- History. --- Regions & Countries - Americas --- History & Archaeology --- United States - General --- United States Information Agency --- History. --- Relations. --- Foreign relations --- Agence d'information des Etats-Unis --- Agencia de Información de los EE. UU. --- ASV Informācijas dienests --- Forenede Staters Informationstjeneste --- Informativna služba Sjedinjenih Američkih Država --- Informativna služba Sjedinjenih Država Amerike --- Informat︠s︡iĭne agentstvo SShA --- Informat︠s︡iĭne ahentstvo SShA --- Mei-kuo hsin wen tsung shu --- Servicio Informativo de los EE. UU. --- Servicio Informativo y Cultural de los Estados Unidos --- Servicio Informativo y Cultural de los Estados Unidos de América --- U.S.I.A. --- USIA --- U.S. Information Agency --- United States. --- US Information Agency --- Wakālat al-Iʻlām al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvaltain tiedotustoimisto --- Agência de Informação dos Estados Unidos --- Relations --- International Information and Educational Exchange Program (U.S.) --- United States Information Service --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. --- United States of America