Public Diplomacy (U.S.)

Public Diplomacy is that "form of international Political Advocacy in which the civilians of one country use legitimate means to reach out to the civilians of another country in order to gain popular support for negotiations occurring through diplomatic channels."
Examples
America

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Adams all exercised public diplomacy in arguing the case of justice for the American colonies. The most notable use of Public Diplomacy by American Founding Fathers was the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776






1914-1918 World War I





1917-1919 - President Wilson created the Committee on Public Information led by advertiser George Creel





1920s - Advent of Radio










1939-1945 World War II




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