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Remaking France : Americanization, Public Diplomacy, and the Marshall Plan

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McKenzie, Brian Angus, 1970-
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New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.
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1 online resource (272 pages).
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Remaking France; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. FRANCE, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; Chapter 2. "THE TRUE FACE OF THE UNITED STATES" AMERICAN EXHIBITS IN FRANCE,1948-1952; Chapter 3. THE MARSHALL PLAN ANDTRANS ATLANTIC TOURISM; Chapter 4. THE LABOR INFORMATION PROGRAM: "AN INFORMATION PANZER FORCE"; Chapter 5. THE MAKERS OF STORIES; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary
Public diplomacy, neglected following the end of the Cold War, is once again a central tool of American foreign policy. This book, examining as it does the Marshall Plan as the form of public diplomacy of the United States in France after World War Two, offers a timely historical case study. Current debates about globalization and a possible revival of the Marshall Plan resemble the debates about Americanization that occurred in France over fifty years ago. Relations between France and the United States are often tense despite their shared history and cultural ties, reflecting the general f.
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9780857455611 (electronic bk.)
0857455613 (electronic bk.)
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