ALVIN SNYDER

My Selected Works

Content Samples from Book
The Mary Poppins department of government. The Washington Post
A first-person account on how the world was told about the downing of this flight. The Washington Post.
Before TV satellites, Nixon surrogates were sent packing to Peoria, Bozeman, and Duluth, to spread the word. The Christian Science Monitor
Cuban Americans Are Best Equipped To Duke It Out With Castro. The Miami Herald.
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An insider's perspective during the crucial years of the Cold War, from the front lines of pitched battles with the Soviets to win hearts and minds.
Magazine Article
The Final Minutes TV GUIDE
Newpaper Articles
The U.S. plays "Hugger-Mugger" during the Cold War. The Washington Post.
Newspaper Article
The terms "au pair" and "nanny" are not interchangeable. The Washington Post.
It was an ugly two weeks for TV News The Washington Post
With each new administratiion, the White House Office of Communications grows ever larger and seemingly less effective Scripps-Howard News Service
Knight-Ridder News Service
Newpaper Article
The U.S. itself is not an equal opportunity employer The Christian Science Monitor

Warriors of Disinformation: American Propaganda, Soviet Lies, and the Winning of the Cold War (Arcade)


CHAPTERS

1. Let Wick Be Wick
2. Toward a Public Diplomacy
3. Cranking Up the Volume
4. The Five-Minute Tape Gap
5. Casting Wide the Worldnet
6. Brilliant Pebbles, Ethnic Guns, and Baby Parts
7. Antenna Towers and Asparagus Stalks
8. That's Entertainment
9. The Faustian Bargain
10. Clearing the Voice
11. VOA Follies
12. The Mujahideen Go to School
13. The Caudillo of Miami
14. "I'm Not a Pantywaist!"
15. Adventures in the Nanny Trade
16. Caught in the Smith-Mundt Act
17. Public Diplomacy Goes Private

Quick Links

U.S. Foreign Affairs in the New Information Age
By Alvin A. Snyder, Senior Fellow, Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies at Northwestern Universirty
University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy
By Alvin A. Snyder, Senior Fellow