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Selling the American Way U.S. Propaganda and the Cold War Laura A. Belmonte "Well researched and clearly written,__Selling the American Way__is a welcome addition to a fast-growing body of literature on propaganda and the 'cultural Cold War.'"--__Journal of American History__"Belmonte has produced an invaluable contribution that should be examined by everyone interested in understanding public diplomacy and in building an effective public diplomacy campaign."--__American Historical Review__In 1955, the United States Information Agency published a lavishly illustrated booklet called__My America__. Assembled ostensibly to document "the basic elements of a free dynamic society," the booklet emphasized cultural diversity, political freedom, and social mobility and made no mention of McCarthyism or the Cold War. Though hyperbolic,__My America__was, as Laura A. Belmonte shows, merely one of hundreds of pamphlets from this era written and distributed in an organized attempt to forge a collective defense of the "American way of life."__Selling the American Way__examines the context, content, and reception of U.S. propaganda during the early Cold War. Determined to protect democratic capita

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Author

Laura A. Belmonte

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania Press ; Oxford Creative Marketing [distributor

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812240825

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Language Learning