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