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This is an intelligent, sharp and perceptive book. Moreover, Hart writes with a verve and style which bring alive many of the personalities and figures of the period. * Matthew Jones, International Affairs * Justin Harts Empire of Ideas makes important contributions to the historiographies of U.S. foreign relations, propaganda,and mass communication .His book is well-suited for advanced undergraduate and graduate seminars on the role of the United States in world affairs. * Richard Langer, Diplomatic History *

This is an intelligent, sharp and perceptive book. Moreover, Hart writes with a verve and style which bring alive many of the personalities and figures of the period. Matthew Jones, International Affairs

<br> Empire of Ideas is a major achievement that fundamentally recasts our understanding of the critical role public diplomacy played in mid-twentieth century American foreign relations. Its vividly written chapters, simultaneously expansive in their concerns yet full of telling narrative detail, will become the new starting point for future historical research on the operation of soft power in U.S. diplomacy. --Mark Philip Bradley, The University of Chicago <br><p><br> Based on exhaustive research in executive, legislative, and private archival records, Justin <br>Hart's book brings new sophistication to the history of U.S. public diplomacy during the crucial 1936-53 period. Empire of Ideas is key for understanding the struggles entailed in trying to sell the American Century to a global audience. --Frank Costigliola, Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How PersonalPolitics Helped Start the Cold War<br><p><br> Justin Hart's Empire of Ideas is a fine, timely study of how the administrations of Franklin D. <br>Roosevelt and Harry Truman sought to spread Americanization in an effort to convert the world rather than conquer it. Then, as now, when the United States needed to concern itself with the effectiveness of its public diplomacy, Americans at home engaged in a costly political battle over who defines the American image and how. --Susan A. Brewer, author of Why America Fights: Patriotism<br>and War Propa ganda from the Philippines to Iraq <br><p><br> Empire of Ideas tells a provocative story about the transformation of American foreign relations in the years surrounding World War II. While reexamining the role of public diplomacy and public opinion in shaping U.S. foreign policy, Hart does much more: he challenges fundamental assumptions about U.S. foreign relations writ large. With a brisk and absorbing narrative, Hart offers a compelling analysis that will leave scholars and students alike asking new questions about the connection between power and ideas. --Kenneth

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Justin Hart is Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University.

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