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Title: Public Diplomacy in Uniform (Report)
Author : American Diplomacy
Release Date : January 21, 2011
Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 79 KB

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Introduction The necessity to fight a 'war of ideas' against extremism and to 'win hearts and minds' has led to an increasing need for the Pentagon to be involved in supporting public diplomacy efforts. Longer engagements abroad, such as the continued military mission in Afghanistan, have made outreach to local populations a necessary part of accomplishing military missions. In addition, the classification of Iraq and Afghanistan as either insecure or active combat zones makes it difficult for the U.S. Department of State (DOS) to carry out their regular activities, such as public diplomacy, without military support and protection. Since the abolishment of the US Information Agency (USIA) in 1999 and in the wake of the September 11th attacks the Pentagon has gotten progressively more involved in public diplomacy-type activities. Still, there is an ongoing debate about whether Americans should be represented abroad by people in civilian clothing or by soldiers in combat boots (Brian E. Carlson 2010).