The Foreign Service Journal, September 2011

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 1 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 45 USIA’s role during this period should read The Cold War and the U.S. In- formation Agency: American Propa- ganda and Public Diplomacy, 1945- 1989 by Nicholas J. Cull (Cambridge, 2009; for a review, see the July-August 2010 FSJ .) Nicholas Cull was also a co-author, along with David Culbert and David Welsh, of Propaganda and Persuasion: A Historical Encyclope- dia, 1500 to the Present , which, like the Manning-Wyatt encyclopedia, was published by ABC-CLIO (in 2003). That encyclopedia covers some of the same period as the subject of this review but goes back much further, is more global in its outlook and stops eight years earlier. With regard to USIA, it simply notes, “America’s in- tegrated overt propaganda agency was established by President Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) in August 1953 and operated until its reabsorp- tion into the State Department in 1999.” Despite that regrettable lacuna, the Encyclopedia of Media and Prop- aganda in Wartime America is well worth reading. Allen C. Hansen, a 32 year Foreign Service veteran of the U.S. Information Agency who served in nine countries, is the author of USIA: Public Diplo- macy in the Computer Age (Praeger, 1989) and Nine Lives: A Foreign Serv- ice Odyssey (New Academia, 2007). B O O K S Have something to say? The FSJ wants to know! Send us your Letter to the Editor or Speak Out about something that’s on your mind! E-mail: journal@afsa.org All submissions are edited for style, format, grammar and punctuation, and must meet F mSJ editorial guidelines. L ETTERS TO THE E DITOR Printed letters may be edited for space. E-mail to fsjedit@afsa.org or mail to FSJ, 2101 E Street NW, Washington DC 20037. E-C LASSIFIEDS In AFSA News : www.afsa.org/afsa_news.aspx M EMBERSHIP For changes of address and other questions about AFSA membership, e-mail member@afsa.org. A DVERTISING For details about placing either a display or classifed ad, e-mail fsjads@afsa.org, classifieds@afsa.org. C OPYRIGHTS & R EPRINTS To obtain permission to reproduce FSJ material, e-mail fsjedit@afsa.org. FSJ O NLINE www.afsa.org/foreign_ service_journal.aspx Q UESTIONS ? Not sure whom to contact? FSJ FasTrax A time of service…a time of need Help for Seniors May Be Just a Phone Call Away— Home Health Care Adult Day Care & Respite Care Prescription Drug Copayments Transportation to Medical Appointments Durable Medical Equipment For more information, please contact the SENIOR LIVING FOUNDATION OF THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE 1716 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20036-2902 Phone: (202) 887-8170 Fax: (202) 872-9320 E-Mail: info@SLFoundation.org Web Site: www.SLFoundation.org The Senior Living Foundation may be able to help you or someone you know. Some examples of assistance are: SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION