Anti-Americanism and the Limits of Public Diplomacy

Winning Hearts and Minds?

By:

Stephen Brooks

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Hardback

Series:

Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

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Contrary to the view held by many who study American foreign policy, public diplomacy has seldom played a decisive role in the achievement of the country's foreign policy objectives. The reasons for this are not that the policies and interventions are ill-conceived or badly executed, although this is sometimes the case. Rather, the factors that limit the effectiveness of public diplomacy lie almost entirely outside the control of American policy-makers. In particular, the resistance of foreign opinion-leaders to ideas and information about American motives and actions that do not square with their pre-conceived notions of the United States and its activities in the world is an enormous and perhaps insurmountable wall that limits the impact of public diplomacy. This book does not conclude that public diplomacy has no place in the repertoire of American foreign policy. Instead, the expectations held for this soft power tool need to be more realistic. Public diplomacy should not be viewed as a substitute for hard power tools that are more likely to be correlated with actual American influence as opposed to the somewhat nebulous concept of American standing.

Author Biography:

Stephen Brooks teaches at the University of Michigan and is Professor at the University of Windsor, Canada. He teaches in the areas of Canadian politics and public administration, and American politics. His research interests include the political influence of intellectuals, political thought in Canada and the United States, federalism, and public policy.

Release date Australia

November 2nd, 2015

Author

Stephen Brooks

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

7 Tables, black and white; 25 Line drawings, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

168

Series

Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9781138949218

Product ID

23155803

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