The War on Terrorism: U.S. Public Diplomacy

Abstract

In the three short years since the United States officially began its global war against terrorism, in response of the savage terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon the positive outpouring of global compassion and care initially expressed toward the United States Government (USG) by the nations of the international community, has proven to be a short-lived. What caused this rapid change of heart towards America? Does the change of heart threaten our national security? This paper will examine the rapid and apparently total breakdown of the USG public diplomacy for the global war on terrorism (WOT) and the role this failure may have played in this reversal of opinion. It will review the past and current USG public diplomacy at the strategic level in an attempt to ascertain the causes, if any, for this failure and its apparent threat to our national security. Further, the paper presents several recommendations for improving the USG Pubic Diplomacy posture in our current global war on terrorism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2005
Accession Number
ADA432489

Entities

People

  • Clarence A. Meade

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Public Diplomacy
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies