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Published: SEP 10, 2007 - 2:22PM PDT

John Brown's Public Diplomacy Review
John Brown aggregates all the most recent public diplomacy related news, including current issues in U.S. foreign policy, international broadcasting and media, propaganda, cultural diplomacy, educational exchanges, anti-Americanism, and the reception of American popular culture abroad.

PDPBR FOR SEPTEMBER 8-10, 2007
by John H. Brown

PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PRESS AND BLOG REVIEW, SEPTEMBER 8-10 “They especially wanted to get to children while they were young.” —Professor Brian Peterson from the History Department at Florida International University, about the use of propaganda in Nazi and Soviet totalitarian societies; cited in Daniella Bacigalupo, “Exhibit reveals propaganda in children’s books” (beaconnewspaper.com, September 10) http://media.www.beaconnewspaper.com/media/storage/paper540/news/2007/09/10/News/Exhibit.Reveals.Propaganda.In.Childrens.Books-2958799.shtml “The State Department is launching what it says will be the first comprehensive public diplomacy effort targeting children, hoping to shape the views of Muslim youths ages 8 to 14 with a series of summer camps and enrichment programs designed to counter negative images of the United States.” —Farah Stockman, “Diplomacy effort reaches out to Muslim youths: Strives to create positive views of United States” (Boston Globe, August 18) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/08/18/diplomacy_effort_reaches_out_to_muslim_youths/ SEE ALSO http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/91000.pdf [includes photo of Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes with children] OPEN LETTER John Brown, “Walk Away from the Lies: A Recommendation to General Petraeus from a Foreign Service Officer” (Common Dreams, September 9): “When you speak before the Congress, General, may I suggest that, instead of promising ‘victory’ in Iraq ... you should announce your resignation from your commission, as one more effort to help bring an illegitimate war to an end.” http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/09/3713/ SEE ALSO http://www.salon.com/comics/opus/2007/09/09/opus/ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: BOOKS, ARTICLES, WEBSITES #36 Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Bruce Gregory Director, Public Diplomacy Institute George Washington University (202) 994-0389 BGregory@gwu.edu Please scroll down to Section D for this valuable bibliography kindly provided by Mr. Gregory. A) PUBLIC DIPLOMACY (1-11) 1. ARE WE SAFER TODAY? SIX YEARS AFTER 9/11 AND THREE YEARS AFTER THE 9/11 REPORT, IS THE U.S. READY TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT TERRORISM? - THOMAS H. KEAN AND LEE H. HAMILTON (WASHINGTON POST, SEPTEMBER 9, 2007): Military power is essential to our security, but if the only tool is a hammer, pretty soon every problem looks like a nail. We must use all the tools of U.S. power—including foreign aid, educational assistance and vigorous public diplomacy that emphasizes scholarship, libraries and exchange programs—to shape a Middle East and a Muslim world that are less hostile to our interests and values. America’s long-term security relies on being viewed not as a threat but as a source of opportunity and hope. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702050_pf.html SEE ALSO http://rightwingsparkle.blogspot.com/2007/09/are-we-safer-today-right-and-wrong-of.html 2. THE MEANING OF BIN LADEN’S NEW VIDEO – (LAURENCEJARVIKONLINE: A BLOG ABOUT INTERESTING IDEAS, THINGS, PEOPLE, AND EVENTS, SEPTEMBER 10): That six years after 9/11 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) senior correspondent Judy Woodruff even thought Bin Laden might have made some sense, demonstrates how skillful Al Qaeda propaganda—and how inept Bush administration “public diplomacy”—has been. Bin Laden’s speech is an example of what David Horowitz’ book calls an unholy alliance between the radical left and Islamist extremists. http://laurencejarvikonline.blogspot.com/2007/09/meaning-of-bin-ladens-new-video.html 3. WHY THERE WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE A GEORGE W. BUSH SCHOOL OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY – (KIM ANDREW ELLIOTT DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, ENTRY DATED…... FULL TEXT