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Informationen zum Autor Gregory M. Tomlin was as an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy at West Point. A career army officer, he has served in Germany, Korea, Kosovo, and Iraq, as well as at the White House as a military social aide for the Obama administration. Tomlin is the coauthor of The Gods of Diyala: Transfer of Command in Iraq. Klappentext In March 1961 America’s most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow, ended a quarter-century career with the Columbia Broadcasting System to join the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of the United States Information Agency (USIA). Charged with promoting a positive image abroad, the agency sponsored overseas research programs, produced documentaries, and operated the Voice of America to spread the country’s influence throughout the world. As director of the USIA, Murrow hired African Americans for top spots in the agency and leveraged his celebrity status at home to challenge all Americans to correct the scourge of domestic racism that discouraged developing countries, viewed as strategic assets, from aligning with the West. Using both overt and covert propaganda programs, Murrow forged a positive public image for Kennedy administration policies in an unsettled era that included the rise of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and support for Vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem. Murrow’s Cold War tackles an understudied portion of Murrow’s life, reveals how one of America’s most revered journalists improved the global perception of the United States, and exposes the importance of public diplomacy in the advancement of U.S. foreign policy. Zusammenfassung In 1961, America’s most prominent journalist, Edward R. Murrow joined the administration of John F. Kennedy as director of the US Information Agency. This title tackles this understudied portion of Murrow’s life, revealing how one of America’s most revered journalists improved the global perception of the US, and exposing the importance of public diplomacy in the advancement of foreign policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Public Diplomacy for a New Frontier List of Abbreviations 1. Good Night, CBS 2. 1776 Pennsylvania Avenue 3. From Fiasco to Progress in Latin America 4. This . . . Is Berlin 5. Mr. Murrow Goes to Hollywood 6. The USIA and the Cuban Missile Crisis 7. Advocates for a Test Ban 8. Birmingham, the Story Heard ’Round the World 9. Counterinsurgency Propaganda in Southeast Asia 10. Good Luck, Ed Notes Bibliography Index ...
