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Exchange programmes have been a part of US foreign relations since the nineteenth century  but
it was only during and after World War II that they were applied by the US government on a
large scale to influence foreign publics in support of strategic objectives. This book looks at
the background  organisation  and goals of the Department of State's most prestigious activity
in this field  the Foreign Leader Program. The Program (still running as the International
Visitor Leadership Program) enabled US Embassies to select and invite talented  influential
'opinion leaders' to visit the United States  meet their professional counterparts  and gain a
broad understanding of American attitudes and opinions from around the country. By tracking the
operation of the Program in three key transatlantic allies of the United States a full picture
is given of who was selected and why  and how the target groups changed over time in line with
a developing US-European relationship. The book therefore takes a unique in-depth look at the
importance of exchanges for the extension of US 'informal empire' and the maintenance of the
transatlantic alliance during the Cold War.

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