We hear 'anti-American' on a daily basis, it seems. When does it indicate a serious threat to security? When is it merely a label that the Bush administration slaps on anyone who dares to disagree with its foreign policy? Nancy Snow tackles not only the government's manipulation of the term, but also the broader use of U.S. propaganda for public relations. She further connects these to the tendency of U.S. administrations and media_past and present_to focus on projecting a better U.S. image rather than addressing the issues behind why the country's image is so poor, both at home and abroad. Snow is an American propaganda expert and a former U.S. Information Agency and State Department official. If America truly cares what others think, she argues, it needs to get over itself as the 'number-one country.' The government needs to spend less time diverting public attention and more time enlisting the public to help improve foreign relations. It needs to involve all citizens, not just government-approved lackeys, 'journalists' paid to talk nice, or the predictable influentials and elites typically involved in foreign affairs. And the public needs to exercise its right to dissent_a critical power at the heart of democracy_rather than letting the government or the media halt foreign policy debates with labels, propaganda, and arrogant rhetoric.
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An excellent primer and a top pick for any debate on foreign relations policy past or present. (Midwest Book Review )
Nancy Snow writes with eloquence, passion, and crystal-clear prose. In this book she brings these qualities to the most important issue before our nation today: Why has the United States alienated people all over the world, and how can its citizens bring democracy alive to change national policy? (Zinn, Howard )
Nancy Snow writes with eloquence, passion, and crystal-clear prose. In this book she brings these qualities to the most important issue before our nation today: Why has the United States alienated people all over the world, and how can its citizens bring democracy alive to change national policy? (Zinn, Howard )
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The title is a tribute to a book that taught me the value of citizen dissent in pursuit of all that's best about one's country--J.W. Fulbright's "The Arrogance of Power." In the spirit of such patriotic dissent, I hope that the reader will enjoy this critique of American public diplomacy. The book is dedicated to the memory of my father, WWII veteran (USS Missouri) Victor D. Snow, Sr., one of the greatest of any generation.
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An excellent primer and a top pick for any debate on foreign relations policy past or present.,
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This review is from: The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders Are Doing Wrong and Why It's Our Duty to Dissent (Paperback)
The Arrogance of American Power: What U.S. Leaders are Doing Wrong and Why It's Our Duty to Dissent narrows the focus to government propaganda techniques of both past and present administrations, creating a survey which is a top pick for both high school and college holdings on political science - particularly those interested in fostering debates on freedom. Professor Snow here argues America needs to get over itself as the 'number-one country', that it needs to enlist citizens to help improve foreign relations, and that it's the public's duty to participate by dissenting. An excellent primer and a top pick for any debate on foreign relations policy past or present.
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