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  1. Confronting America : the Cold War between the United States and the communists in France and Italy

    Brogi, Alessandro, 1963-
    Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.

    Fierce and cunning in their Cold War anti-American propaganda, the French and Italian Communists identified capitalist oppression with American domination. Pressed by this resilient internal opposition from within two core Western allies, the United State.Throughout the Cold War, the United States encountered unexpected challenges from Italy and France, two countries with the strongest, and determinedly most anti-American, Communist Parties in Western Europe. Based primarily on new evidence from communist archives in France and Italy, as well as research archives in the United States, Alessandro Brogi's original study reveals how the United States was forced by political opposition within these two core Western countries to reassess its own anticommunist strategies, its image, and the general meaning of American liberal capitalist culture and ideology. Brogi shows that the resistance to Americanization was a critical test for the French and Italian communists' own legitimacy and existence. Their anti-Americanism was mostly dogmatic and driven by the Soviet Union, but it was also, at crucial times, subtle and ambivalent, nurturing fascination with the American culture of dissent. The staunchly anticommunist United States, Brogi argues, found a successful balance to fighting the communist threat in France and Italy by employing diplomacy and fostering instances of mild dissent in both countries. Ultimately, both the French and Italian communists failed to adapt to the forces of modernization that stemmed both from indigenous factors and from American influence. Confronting America illuminates the political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural conflicts behind the U.S.-communist confrontation.

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  2. The Legacy of J. William Fulbright : policy, power, and ideology

    Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]

    This insightful collection of essays details the political life of one of the most prominent and gifted American statesmen of the twentieth century. From his early training in international law to his five terms in the US Senate, J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) had a profound influence on US foreign policy, and his vision for mutual understanding shaped the extraordinary exchange program bearing his name. As a senator for Arkansas for thirty years and the longest serving chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright was one of the most influential figures of United States politics. His criticism of US involvement in Vietnam exemplified his belief in the effective management of international norms by international organizations - including the United Nations, which was the subject of his first bill in Congress. Yet alongside his commitments to liberal internationalism and multilateral governance, Fulbright was a southern politician who embraced the interests of the region's conservative white population. This juxtaposition of biased and broad-minded objectives shows a divide at the center of Fulbright's vision, which still has consequences for America's global policies today. This multidimensional volume covers Fulbright's development as a national and global voice on foreign relations, as he wrestled with the political controversies of the US South during the civil rights movement, worked with and challenged executive power, and shaped the Fulbright program for educational exchange.

  3. The legacy of J. William Fulbright : policy, power, and ideology

    Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2019]

    "J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) represented Arkansas as a US Senator for almost 30 years and was the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A Southern Democrat and a liberal internationalist who supported the creation of the United Nations, he battled against the Republican forces of Joseph McCarthy and John Foster Dulles. When President Johnson intensified American involvement in Vietnam, Fulbright became outspoken in his staunch opposition. Throughout his career, Fulbright also advocated for an international order based on interpersonal connection and mutual understanding, and he saw programs of educational and cultural exchange as necessary for the creation of such a world. Thus, his efforts to establish an international exchange program eventually resulted in the creation of a fellowship program that bears his name, the Fulbright Program. In The Legacy of J. William Fulbright: Policy, Power, and Ideology, editors Alessandro Brogi, Giles Scott-Smith, and David J. Snyder bring together fourteen essays to offer a critical analysis of both Fulbright the politician and Fulbright the program. By framing their investigation within a wider reevaluation of liberal internationalism, the manuscript addresses ongoing debates on ideology, consistency, and imperialism within US foreign policy throughout the twentieth century. The volume's multi-dimensional focus covers Fulbright's difficulties in maintaining a national and a global voice on foreign relations while wrestling with the political controversies of the US South during the civil rights movement, his involvement in domestic political controversies, and the relevance of his exchange program historically and in present day"--This insightful collection of essays details the political life of one of the most prominent and gifted American statesmen of the twentieth century. From his early training in international law to his five terms in the US Senate, J. William Fulbright (1905-1995) had a profound influence on US foreign policy, and his vision for mutual understanding shaped the extraordinary exchange program bearing his name. As a senator for Arkansas for thirty years and the longest serving chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright was one of the most influential figures of United States politics. His criticism of US involvement in Vietnam exemplified his belief in the effective management of international norms by international organizations - including the United Nations, which was the subject of his first bill in Congress. Yet alongside his commitments to liberal internationalism and multilateral governance, Fulbright was a southern politician who embraced the interests of the region's conservative white population. This juxtaposition of biased and broad-minded objectives shows a divide at the center of Fulbright's vision, which still has consequences for America's global policies today. This multidimensional volume covers Fulbright's development as a national and global voice on foreign relations, as he wrestled with the political controversies of the US South during the civil rights movement, worked with and challenged executive power, and shaped the Fulbright program for educational exchange.

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