?A Certain Idea of Britain': British Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1945-1957?


Autoria(s): Vaughan, James
Contribuinte(s)

Department of International Politics

Data(s)

06/11/2008

06/11/2008

01/06/2005

Resumo

Vaughan, J. (2005). ?A Certain Idea of Britain': British Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1945-1957. Contemporary British History. 19 (2), pp.151-168 RAE2008

During the formative years of the Cold War, cultural diplomacy and 'national projection' came to occupy an important place in British policy towards the Middle East. The British Council and the official overseas information services sought to mobilise pro-democracy committees, education and exchange programmes, commercial magazine publishing and book distribution as well as the British film industry in a bid to bolster British prestige and facilitate the wider policymaking process. This article argues that many of these initiatives enjoyed significant success and that, rather than weak propaganda policy per se, it was ultimately a flawed conceptualisation of Arab nationalism and the nature of the Cold War in the Middle East that led to British failure in the 1950s.

Peer reviewed

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18

Identificador

Vaughan , J 2005 , ' ?A Certain Idea of Britain': British Cultural Diplomacy in the Middle East, 1945-1957? ' Contemporary British History , vol 19 , no. 2 , pp. 151-168 . DOI: 10.1080/13619460500080215

1361-9462

PURE: 81504

PURE UUID: 662ad7db-a88f-4cd5-b7cc-d4239d6b26be

dspace: 2160/866

http://hdl.handle.net/2160/866

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13619460500080215

Relação

Contemporary British History

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eng

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