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02813aam a2200409 i 4500 001 012D64C06B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150831s2016 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015007894 020 $a 1782388427 020 $a 9781782388425 035 $a (OCoLC)900445969 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d NTD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E841 K84 2016 100 1 $a Kunkel, S婁nke, $e author. 245 10 $a Empire of pictures : $b global media and the 1960s remaking of American foreign policy / $c S婁nke Kunkel. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berghahn, $c [2016] 300 $a xvi, 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Explorations in culture and international history series ; $v volume 8 520 2 $a "In Cold War historiography, the 1960s are often described as a decade of mounting diplomatic tensions and international social unrest. At the same time, they were a period of global media revolution: communication satellites compressed time and space, television spread around the world, and images circulated through print media in expanding ways. Examining how U.S. policymakers exploited these changes, this book offers groundbreaking international research which shows that U.S. power came to depend more and more not on military superiority or economic strength alone, but also on America's ability to create appealing pictures that assured recognition of its global leadership"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Why Empires Need Pictures -- Part I: The Rise of the Visual Age -- The Picture State and Its Innovators -- Contact Points with Empire and the Globalizing of Media -- Part II: Picturing Empire -- Prosperity : Official Visits to the United States -- Progress : Popular Aspirations, the Global South, and the Politics of Imagination -- Peace : Space Flights as "Pictorial Acts" -- Power : Global Media and the Other History of the Vietnam War -- Conclusion: From Nixon to Obama, or, The Legacy of the 1960s. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1961-1963. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1963-1969. 650 0 $a Pictures $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Mass media $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Globalization $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Imperialism $x History $y 20th century. 830 0 $a Explorations in culture and international history series ; $v 8. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022454.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826043830.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=012D64C06B5411E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search