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Empire of Pictures: Global Media and the 1960s Remaking of American Foreign Policy
Sonke Kunkel
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Description for Empire of Pictures: Global Media and the 1960s Remaking of American Foreign Policy
Hardback. The 1960s were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. This book examines how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes. Series: Explorations in Culture and International History. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JFD; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest. At the same time, they were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. Examining how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes, this book offers groundbreaking international research into the visual media battles that shaped America's Cold War from West Germany and India to Tanzania and Argentina.
In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest. At the same time, they were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. Examining how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes, this book offers groundbreaking international research into the visual media battles that shaped America's Cold War from West Germany and India to Tanzania and Argentina.
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Explorations in Culture and International History
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782388425
SKU
V9781782388425
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About Sonke Kunkel
Soenke Kunkel is Professor of North American History at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin. His publications include two edited volumes and numerous essays on U.S. foreign policy. He was research fellow at the universities of Oxford, Harvard, Ohio State, and Jacobs University Bremen.
Reviews for Empire of Pictures: Global Media and the 1960s Remaking of American Foreign Policy
Kunkel provides an empirically grounded framework for understanding the United States as an imperial power that cultivated recognition through pictures. Diplomatic History ...a perceptive and well-researched tour of how political leaders realized the utility of the picture and made conscious efforts to take advantage of its power. American Historical Review