The Origins of Public Diplomacy in US Statecraft: Uncovering a Forgotten Tradition

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This book examines historic examples of US public diplomacy in order to understand how past uses and techniques of foreign public engagement evolved into modern public diplomacy as a tool of American statecraft. The study explores six historic cases where the United States’ government or private American citizens actively engaged with foreign publics, starting with the American Revolution in 1776 through the passage of the Smith-Mundt Bill of 1948. Each case looks specifically at the role foreign public engagement plays in American statecraft, while also identifying trends in American foreign public engagement and making connections between past practice of foreign public engagement and public diplomacy, and analyzing how trends and past practice or experience influenced modern American public diplomacy. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Reconnecting the Past and Present (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 1-39 America’s First Public Diplomat (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 41-74 Public Diplomacy of the Union (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 75-109 Early Public-Private Partnerships for Public Diplomacy (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 111-144 America’s First Public Diplomacy Agency? (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 145-179 InterWar Public Diplomacy (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 181-217 Public Diplomacy in Chaos and Ambiguity (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 219-275 Foreign Public Engagement: An American Tradition in Context (Caitlin E. Schindler)....Pages 277-313 Back Matter ....Pages 315-325