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This book provides a unique and intriguing insight into current debates concerning the relationship between nation and state as well as the political management of international image in today's Europe through an examination of debates on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest. Europe is a contested construct and its boundaries are subject to redefinition. This work aims to advance critical thinking about contemporary nation branding and its relationship to, and influence on, nation building. In particular it focusses on key identity debates that the Eurovision Song Contest engendered in Estonia in the run-up to EU accession. The Eurovision Song Contest is an event which is often dismissed as musically and culturally inferior. However, this work demonstrates that it has the capacity to shed light on key identity debates and illuminate wider socio-political issues. Using a series of in-depth interviews with political elites, media professionals and opinion leaders, this book is a valuable contribution to the growing field of research on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest.

Intro -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Breaking Point -- 2. Bugger -- 3. Interrogation -- 4. Standby Patrol -- 5. Nightmare Day One -- 6. Sas Selection Course -- 7. Nightmare Day Two -- 8. Growing Up -- 9. Nightmare Day Three -- 10. Nightmare Day Four -- 11. Nightmare Day Five -- 12. Nightmare Day Six -- 13. Steven -- 14. Nightmare Days Seven and Eight -- 15. Nightmare Days Nine and Ten -- 16. The Last Frontier -- 17. Nightmare Day Eleven -- 18. Nightmare Day Twelve -- 19. Nightmare Day Thirteen -- 20. Deployed to Hell -- 21. Nightmare Day Fourteen -- 22. Nightmare Day Fifteen -- 23. Nightmare Day Sixteen -- 24. Nightmare Days Seventeen and Eighteen -- 25. Nightmare Day Nineteen -- 26. Prepared to Die -- 27. Nightmare Days Twenty and Twenty-one -- 28. Last Days -- 29. The Iraq War 2003 -- 30. Freedom Beckons -- 31. Asian Tsunami -- 32. Home -- Plates -- Copyright.

This book provides a unique and intriguing insight into current debates concerning the relationship between nation and state as well as the political management of international image in today's Europe through an examination of debates on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest. Europe is a contested construct and its boundaries are subject to redefinition. This work aims to advance critical thinking about contemporary nation branding and its relationship to, and influence on, nation building. In particular it focusses on key identity debates that the Eurovision Song Contest engendered in Estonia in the run-up to EU accession. The Eurovision Song Contest is an event which is often dismissed as musically and culturally inferior. However, this work demonstrates that it has the capacity to shed light on key identity debates and illuminate wider socio-political issues. Using a series of in-depth interviews with political elites, media professionals and opinion leaders, this book is a valuable contribution to the growing field of research on nation branding and the Eurovision Song Contest.