ALVIN SNYDER

Warriors of Disinformation: American Propaganda, Soviet Lies, and the Winning of the Cold War (Arcade)

CHAPTERS

1. Let Wick Be Wick
2. Toward a Public Diplomacy
3. Cranking Up the Volume
4. The Five-Minute Tape Gap
5. Casting Wide the Worldnet
6. Brilliant Pebbles, Ethnic Guns, and Baby Parts
7. Antenna Towers and Asparagus Stalks
8. That's Entertainment
9. The Faustian Bargain
10. Clearing the Voice
11. VOA Follies
12. The Mujahideen Go to School
13. The Caudillo of Miami
14. "I'm Not a Pantywaist!"
15. Adventures in the Nanny Trade
16. Caught in the Smith-Mundt Act
17. Public Diplomacy Goes Private

Selected Works

Privatize Radio and TV Marti
Cuban Americans Are Best Equipped To Duke It Out With Castro. The Miami Herald.

Chapter Excerpts from Warriors of Disinformation
Content Samples from Book

Nannies for Yuppies
The Mary Poppins department of government. The Washington Post

The Truth about Korean Airlines Flight 007
A first-person account on how the world was told about the downing of this flight. The Washington Post.

The Technology Warp: If Nixon had the Internet, Larry King, and TV Satellites
Before TV satellites, Nixon surrogates were sent packing to Peoria, Bozeman, and Duluth, to spread the word. The Christian Science Monitor

Books

Warriors of Disinformation: American Propaganda, Soviet Lies, and the Winning of the Cold War (Arcade)
An insider's perspective during the crucial years of the Cold War, from the front lines of pitched battles with the Soviets to win hearts and minds.

Magazine Article

The Final Minutes: A White House insider's intimate look at a vividly historic moment as Richard M. Nixon resigns the Presidency
The Final Minutes TV GUIDE

Monograph

U.S. Foreign Affairs in the New Information Age: Charting a Course for the 21st Century (Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies)
As a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program in Communications Policy Studies, Alvin Snyder convened a colloquium of experts to examine future directions of public diplomacy at the end of the Cold War. Monograph.

Newpaper Article

Au Pair Program Biased to W. Europeans
The U.S. itself is not an equal opportunity employer The Christian Science Monitor

Newpaper Articles

The Cold War Traffic in Phony Information
The U.S. plays "Hugger-Mugger" during the Cold War. The Washington Post.

Newspaper Article

A Look At Au Pairs Uncle Sam's Babysitting Service
The terms "au pair" and "nanny" are not interchangeable. The Washington Post.

Jerry Springer: Just What TV News Needs
It was an ugly two weeks for TV News The Washington Post

The White House and Media Relations
With each new administratiion, the White House Office of Communications grows ever larger and seemingly less effective Scripps-Howard News Service

U.S. Shouldn't Muffle Voice of America
Knight-Ridder News Service

Quick Links

NPR Interview, Pentagon Iraq PR

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