عمل به دیپلماسی عمومی: یک اودیسه در دوران جنگ سرد (کاوش‌هایی در فرهنگ و تاریخ بین‌المللی)

There is much discussion these days about public diplomacy—communicating directly with the people of other countries rather than through their diplomats—but little information about what it actually entails. This book does exactly that by detailing the doings of a US Foreign Service cultural officer in five hot spots of the Cold War - Germany, Laos, Poland, Austria, and the Soviet Union - as well as service in Washington DC with the State Department, the Helsinki Commission of the US Congress, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Part history, part memoir, it takes readers into the trenches of the Cold War and demonstrates what public diplomacy can do. It also provides examples of what could be done today in countries where anti-Americanism runs high. There is much discussion these days about Public Diplomacy - communicating directly with the people of other countries rather than through their diplomats - but little information about what it actually entails. This book does exactly that by detailing the doings of a U.S. Foreign Service Cultural Officer in five hot spots of the Cold War - Germany, Laos, Poland, Austria, and the Soviet Union - as well as service in Washington D.C. with the State Department, the Helsinki Commission of the U.S. Congress, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Part history, part memoir, it takes readers into CONTENTS ACRONYMS FOREWORD PREFACE INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 DOING DEMOCRACY IN DEUTSCHLAND Chapter 2 NATION BUILDING IN LAOS Chapter 3 BACK TO THE BOOKS Chapter 4 A VOICE TO VIETNAM Chapter 5 POLAND—RUSSIA’S WINDOW ON THE WEST Chapter 6 VIENNESE VIGNETTES Chapter 7 EAST EUROPEAN EXCHANGES Chapter 8 MOSCOW AND MORE Chapter 9 SHAFTED BY SHAKESPEARE Chapter 10 DOING DÉTENTE AT THE DEPARTMENT Chapter 11 USIA + CU = USICA Chapter 12 HELSINKI AND HUMAN RIGHTS Chapter 13 DOING DEMOCRACY AT NED AFTERWORD SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX