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U.S. Information Agency
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U.S. Information Agency
A former organization of the U.S. State Department that distributed information to foreign countries. It advocated American policy abroad. During the Cold War, its content was largely pro-American propaganda. It existed from 1953 to 1999.


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Beginning with the development of information and cultural programs during World War II, Cull's narrative, organized in chapters on presidential administrations and USIA directors, deals principally with the decades between USIA's creation in 1953 and the end of the Cold War in 1989.
Each of the five core elements of public diplomacy--the influence of the USIA's advice and data on US foreign policy, the mobilization of the USIA in the direct advancement of US foreign policy goals, cultural diplomacy, exchange diplomacy, and international broadcasting--are addressed.
After the war, the first show he organised for the USIA was in India, at an industries fair where the Americans strained to exhibit "peaceful uses for atomic energy".
 
 
 
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