Public diplomacy of the United States

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 1936 – Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy 1938 – The Division of Cultural Relations (State Dept.) – Interdeparmental Committee for Scientific Cooperation (USIA pamphlet) – response to Nazi German and Fascist Italian propaganda aimed at Latin America.

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