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Article: Inventing Public Diplomacy: the Story of the U.S. Information Agency.(Book Review)
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- September 22, 2004
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Dizard, Wilson P., Jr. Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the U.S. Information Agency Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers 255 pp., $49,95. ISBN 1-58-8262-88-X Publication Date: June 2004
Inventing Public Diplomacy: The Story of the U.S. Information Agency is a timely post-September 11 release about a federal government agency that took its last independent breath in 1999. The United States Information Agency (USIA) was the original public diplomacy vehicle in U.S. foreign policy, responsible for "telling America's story to the world" through educational and cultural exchanges--most notably the Fulbright program, international broadcasting such as the ...