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Throughout the Cold War the task of winning "hearts and minds" around the world was of great importance to Soviet and American leaders. Both sides fought a cultural Cold War via radio waves, television transmissions, propa-ganda, and other forms of psychological pressure. A number of recent books that draw on declassified U.S. government records have provided valuable in-sights into the American side of the cultural Cold War. The U.S. government employed military, political, diplomatic, and cultural means to influence for-eign and domestic opinion. The study of this phenomenon requires interdis-ciplinary methodological approaches. Diplomatic historians need to integrate the cultural and propaganda issues into their narratives, and cultural histori-ans need to pay greater heed to the themes raised in diplomatic historical accounts.

Throughout the Cold War the task of winning "hearts & minds" around the world was of great importance to Soviet & American leaders. Both sides fought a cultural Cold War via radio waves, TV transmissions, propaganda, & other forms of psychological pressure. A number of recent books that draw on declassified US government records have provided valuable insights into the American side of the cultural Cold War. The US government employed military, political, diplomatic, & cultural means to influence foreign & domestic opinion. The study of this phenomenon requires interdisciplinary, methodological approaches. Diplomatic historians need to integrate the cultural & propaganda issues into their narratives, & cultural historians need to pay greater heed to the themes raised in diplomatic historical accounts. Adapted from the source document.

"Cover" -- "Title Page" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Preface" -- "Introduction. The Paradox of Success: Civil Rights and the Presidency in a New Era" -- "1. Zigs and Zags: Richard Nixon and the New Politics of Race" -- "2. African American Civil Rights and Conservative Mobilization in the Jimmy Carter Years" -- "3. Ronald Reagan and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights: Battles Won and Wars Lost" -- "4. Rebuilding Institutions and Redefining Issues: The Reagan Justice Department and the Reconstruction of Civil Rights" -- "5. Civil Rights Policymaking in the Clinton Administration: In Reagan's Shadow" -- "6. Old Vinegar in a New Bottle: Vote Denial in the 2000 Presidential Election and Beyond" -- "7. George W. Bush, Compassionate Conservatism, and the Limits of "Racial Realism"" -- "8. Civil Rights and the First Black President: Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Equality" -- "Conclusion: More Equal and Less Equal since the 1970s