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The central argument of this book proposes that US post-9/11 public diplomacy measures were shortsighted and failed to reach the core of global Islamic communities. Though its robust and well-funded efforts would include relaunching antiquated Cold War era measures, overlapping public diplomacy and nation-branding practices, or even conducting outreach to Muslim majority nations by increasing foreign aid and exchange programs, none were advantageous at restoring America’s ailing image abroad. This book makes the case that it is imperative that both the White House and US Department of State move beyond relying on symbolic gestures and empty political promises to consider a more practicable and realistic response that will reach the core of Islamic society.
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Notes
Giles Scott-Smith, “Obama’s Challenge: Curbing the Pentagon” (November 29, 2008) [article online] available from http://enduringamerica.com/2008/11/29/obamas-challenge-curbing-the-pentagon/;
See also Giles Scott-Smith, “There is No More Outside” (September 24, 2009) [article online] available from http://www.neoamericanist.org/there-no-more-outside; He insists, “The consistent under-funding of the State Department has led to a desperate shortage of trained embassy personnel, especially in languages, and a serious lack of morale. Meanwhile, under Bush the military establishment [took a lead role] in US diplomatic, public diplomacy, and assistance task across North Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and the Far East. In many regions the Pentagon is at the forefront in engaging with foreign public opinion, even though this remains, officially, the job of the State Department.”
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Ezell, D. (2012). Conclusion. In: Beyond Cairo. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137048493_10
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