Hearts and Minds: US Cultural Management in 21st Century Foreign Relations

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This volume looks at a key component of recent US foreign relations, namely, its emphasis on hearts and minds as part of its cultural management of the global Other. The authors collected here analyze to what extent we can frame the intent and consequences of this term as a coherent policy, discussing how to think about foreign policy strategies that involve the management of cultural relations.

Including fascinating first-hand and deeply-researched accounts of the workings of various US institutions (many of them ‘cultural’), this volume is a must for an understanding of the power the US projects worldwide. Professor Laleh Khalili, SOAS University of London

This fascinating collection reveals the nuance and complexity behind a seemingly banal phrase. Professor David Schmid, State University of New York at Buffalo