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Book Americans All

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  • Author : Darlene J. Sadlier
  • Publisher : University of Texas Press
  • Release : 2012-12-01
  • ISBN : 0292749805
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Americans All written by Darlene J. Sadlier and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural diplomacy—“winning hearts and minds” through positive portrayals of the American way of life—is a key element in U.S. foreign policy, although it often takes a backseat to displays of military might. Americans All provides an in-depth, fine-grained study of a particularly successful instance of cultural diplomacy—the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA), a government agency established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and headed by Nelson A. Rockefeller that worked to promote hemispheric solidarity and combat Axis infiltration and domination by bolstering inter-American cultural ties. Darlene J. Sadlier explores how the CIAA used film, radio, the press, and various educational and high-art activities to convince people in the United States of the importance of good neighbor relations with Latin America, while also persuading Latin Americans that the United States recognized and appreciated the importance of our southern neighbors. She examines the CIAA’s working relationship with Hollywood’s Motion Picture Society of the Americas; its network and radio productions in North and South America; its sponsoring of Walt Disney, Orson Welles, John Ford, Gregg Toland, and many others who traveled between the United States and Latin America; and its close ties to the newly created Museum of Modern Art, which organized traveling art and photographic exhibits and produced hundreds of 16mm educational films for inter-American audiences; and its influence on the work of scores of artists, libraries, book publishers, and newspapers, as well as public schools, universities, and private organizations.

Book Federal Records of World War II   Civilian agencies

Download or read book Federal Records of World War II Civilian agencies written by United States. National Archives and Records Service and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Federal Records of World War II   Civilian agencies

Download or read book Federal Records of World War II Civilian agencies written by National Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Department of State Publication

Download or read book Department of State Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Education for Victory

Download or read book Education for Victory written by Olga Anna Jones and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of United States Latin American Relations

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of United States Latin American Relations written by Joseph Smith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the assertion of the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 to the Reagan Doctrine of the 1980s, the United States has presumed a position of political leadership and pre-eminence in the Western Hemisphere. This has been made possible by two main factors: America's huge economy, which has made the U.S. the largest single commercial market and the biggest investor in Latin America, and America's military prowess, which has been convincingly demonstrated in victories in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the Spanish-American War (1898). This volume concentrates on the history of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the nations of Latin America from the creation of the independent United States in the late eighteenth century up to the present. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the countries involved, significant events, major crises, important figures, controversial issues, and doctrines and policies that have evolved. For scholars, historians, and students interested in the diplomacy of these two regions, the Historical Dictionary of United States-Latin American Relations is an essential reference.

Book Education for Victory

Download or read book Education for Victory written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book  Me  xico  la Patria

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  • Author : Monica A. Rankin
  • Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 0803226926
  • Pages : 384 pages

Download or read book Me xico la Patria written by Monica A. Rankin and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ¡México, la patria! Monica A. Rankin examines the pervasive domestic and foreign propaganda strategies in Mexico during World War II and their impact on Mexican culture, charting the evolution of these campaigns through popular culture, advertisements, art, and government publications throughout the war and beyond. In particular, Rankin shows how World War II allowed the wartime government of Ávila Camacho to justify an aggressive industrialization program following the Mexican Revolution. Finally, tracing how the American government's wartime propaganda laid the basis for a long-term effor.

Book Encyclopedia of U S    Latin American Relations

Download or read book Encyclopedia of U S Latin American Relations written by Thomas Leonard and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No previous work has covered the web of important players, places, and events that have shaped the history of the United States’ relations with its neighbors to the south. From the Monroe Doctrine through today’s tensions with Latin America’s new leftist governments, this history is rich in case studies of diplomatic, economic, and military cooperation and contentiousness. Encyclopedia of U.S.-Latin American Relations is a comprehensive, three-volume, A-to-Z reference featuring more than 800 entries detailing the political, economic, and military interconnections between the United States and the countries of Latin America, including Mexico and the nations in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Entries cover: Each country and its relationship with the United States Key politicians, diplomats, and revolutionaries in each country Wars, conflicts, and other events Policies and treaties Organizations central to the political and diplomatic history of the western hemisphere Key topics covered include: Coups and terrorist organizations U.S. military interventions in the Caribbean Mexican-American War The Cold War, communism, and dictators The war on drugs in Latin America Panama Canal Embargo on Cuba Pan-Americanism and Inter-American conferences The role of commodities like coffee, bananas, copper, and oil "Big Stick" and Good Neighbor policies Impact of religion in U.S.-Latin American relations Neoliberal economic development model U.S. Presidents from John Quincy Adams to Barack Obama Latin American leaders from Simon Bolivar to Hugo Chavez With expansive coverage of more than 200 years of important and fascinating events, this new work will serve as an important addition to the collections of academic, public, and school libraries serving students and researchers interested in U.S. history and diplomacy, Latin American studies, international relations, and current events.

Book Inter American Series

Download or read book Inter American Series written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inter American Series

Download or read book Inter American Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inter American Series

Download or read book Inter American Series written by Louis Joseph Halle and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Congressional Record

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  • Author : United States. Congress
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1945
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1416 pages

Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 1416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Magazine Abstracts

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  • Author : United States. Office of War Information. Bureau of Intelligence
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1942-01-14
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Magazine Abstracts written by United States. Office of War Information. Bureau of Intelligence and published by . This book was released on 1942-01-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Freedom of Information in American Policy and Practice

Download or read book Freedom of Information in American Policy and Practice written by United States. Department of State. Office of Public Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Books As Weapons

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  • Author : John B. Hench
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2016-10-15
  • ISBN : 1501727273
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book Books As Weapons written by John B. Hench and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargo—crates of books—joined the flood of troop reinforcements, weapons and ammunition, food, and medicine onto Normandy beaches. The books were destined for French bookshops, to be followed by millions more American books (in translation but also in English) ultimately distributed throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The British were doing similar work, which was uneasily coordinated with that of the Americans within the Psychological Warfare Division of General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, under General Eisenhower's command. Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership between American book publishers and the U.S. government to put carefully selected recent books highlighting American history and values into the hands of civilians liberated from Axis forces. The government desired to use books to help "disintoxicate" the minds of these people from the Nazi and Japanese propaganda and censorship machines and to win their friendship. This objective dovetailed perfectly with U.S. publishers' ambitions to find new profits in international markets, which had been dominated by Britain, France, and Germany before their book trades were devastated by the war. Key figures on both the trade and government sides of the program considered books "the most enduring propaganda of all" and thus effective "weapons in the war of ideas," both during the war and afterward, when the Soviet Union flexed its military might and demonstrated its propaganda savvy. Seldom have books been charged with greater responsibility or imbued with more significance. John B. Hench leavens this fully international account of the programs with fascinating vignettes set in the war rooms of Washington and London, publishers' offices throughout the world, and the jeeps in which information officers drove over bomb-rutted roads to bring the books to people who were hungering for them. Books as Weapons provides context for continuing debates about the relationship between government and private enterprise and the image of the United States abroad. To see an interview with John Hench conducted by C-SPAN at the 2010 annual conference of the Organization of American Historians, visit: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/id/222522.