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Us Public Diplomacy in Socialist Yugoslavia, 1950-70: Soft Culture, Cold Partners

Us Public Diplomacy in Socialist Yugoslavia, 1950-70: Soft Culture, Cold Partners

Paperback

Series: Key Studies in Diplomacy

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1526182432
ISBN13: 9781526182432
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Nov 26 2024
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The first comprehensive account of the public and cultural diplomacy campaigns carried out by the US in Yugoslavia during the height of the Cold War, this book examines the political role of culture in US-Yugoslav bilateral relations and the fluid links between information and propaganda. Tito allowed the US Information Agency and the State Department's cultural programmes to enter Yugoslavia, liberated from Soviet control. The exchange of intellectual and political personnel helped foster the US-Yugoslav relationship, yet it posed severe ideological challenges for both sides.

By providing new insights into porous borders between freedom and coercion in Tito's regime, this book shows how public diplomacy acted as an external input for Yugoslav liberalisation and dissident movements. Using extensive archival research and interviews, Konta analyses the links between information and propaganda, and the unintended effects of propaganda beyond the control of producers and receivers.

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