Repairing the Balance of Images: US Public Diplomacy for the Future

Authors

• John M. Oseth

Abstract

In the communications age it has become increasingly apparent that the attitudes of peoples in other countries are important determinants of what a nation's foreign policy can accomplish. No longer can statesmen pursue their objectives mainly through government-to-government relationships. Those channels of diplomatic interaction and influence have been supplemented-indeed to a significant extent bypassed-by contacts running from governments to foreign publics, and across borders from people to people.

Recommended Citation

Oseth, John M. (1985) "Repairing the Balance of Images: US Public Diplomacy for the Future," Naval War College Review: Vol. 38: No. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol38/iss3/5