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FACTS TO A CANDID WORLD: America's Overseas Information Program
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FACTS TO A CANDID WORLD
America’s Overseas Information Program
Oren Stephens
Published in 1955. Essential to the security and well-being of a nation is the good opinion of other nations.
The molding of international public opinion by propaganda is a vital function of government and one that should be understood by every citizen whom government serves. In, Facts to a Candid World, Oren Stephens, who has broad theoretical background and working experience in journalism and public relations, discusses propaganda - what it is, why it is important, and how t o make it internationally effective.
As the author points out: "As public opinion is ultimately decisive within a state or empire, so is it ultimately decisive in the international arena."
The first part of the book describes the power and nature of public opinion. The second part discusses America's overseas program, showing its weaknesses and strengths. Beginning with the Creel Committee, Stephens describes the work of the Office of War Information, the Voice of America, the International Information Administration, the United States Information Agency, and other official agencies.
A pioneer study in the field of psychological warfare, Facts to a Candid World, is an analysis of the nature of propaganda, a credo for the specialist, and an explanation for the citizen.
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Title: Facts to a Candid World
Author: Oren Stephens
Publisher: Stanford University Press 1955
ISBN: 0804761728
Addresses Upon the American Road, 1950-1955
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Great changes have taken place in America during the years since 1950.Her influence overseas has swelled; she has participated in the Korean War;she has a new leadership. To Herbert Hoover, who has known what it is to guide the affairs of the nation, these changes have special significance. With great wealth of experience, he sees them in the light of history. In this book are his speeches, press statements, articles, letters, and miscellaneous short publications during this strongly marked period of American history.
Foreign policy is a major topic: from the proposals of January 27, 1952, that America's might be turned to air and sea power rather than ground forces, to the speeches in Germany during the winter of 1954. There are many statements on internal affairs; of special interest are the reports on the Second Reorganization Commission and the statement recommending liquidation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
But there are also many non-political utterances, and in these the breadth of Hoover's character is displayed. For here is a man who can discuss Agricola's De Re Metallica, a man of deep religious conviction, a man of wry humor and immense humanity. Witness his remarks on "The City Boy": "He is a part-time incarnation of destruction, yet he radiates sunlight to all the world. He gives evidence of being the child of iniquity, yet he makes a great nation.
. . . Every one of his body cells contains an interrogation point. Yet he is the most entertaining animal in existence."
THE AUTHOR
Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States, has unsurpassed firsthand knowledge of world-wide economic and political problems. His many years of professional engineering service before the Presidency, his distinguished record as United States food administrator after World War I, and his extensive food surveys following World War I1 form a solid foundation of experience and service. A unique contribution has been his chairmanship of the First and Second Commissions on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government. He has received honorary degrees from eighty-one institutions in the United States and abroad. He is the founder of the Hoover Institute and Library on War, Revolution, and Peace at his alma mater, Stanford University.
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Title Addresses upon the American Road, 1950-1955
Authors Herbert Hoover
Publisher Stanford University Press 19955
ISBN 0804761884, 9780804761888
Contents
OUR NATIONAL POLICIES IN THIS CRISIS 3
WE SHOULD REVISE OUR FOREIGN POLICIES 11
ON DEFENSE OF EUROPE 23
ON BEHALF OF CRUSADE FOR AMERICA 33
ADDRESS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 53
ON THE OCCASION OF THE RETURN OF FREE 66
the Merchandise Mart Hall of Fame Chicago Illinois 70
SOME HOPES FOR PEACE 85
THE SERVICE OF UNIVERSITIES TO FREEDOM 92
CAN WE EVER HAVE PEACE WITH 101
ON THE SITUATION IN THE MINERAL AGENCIES 107
THE INFLATION THREAT 119
MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATION 136
YOUR INHERITANCE 153
AMERICAN GOOD GOVERNMENT SOCIETY 159
SOME NATIONAL PROBLEMS 171
A DISCUSSION OF DE RE METALLIC A 179
ADDRESS AT DINNER HONORING DR 188
ON ENGINEERS 196
THE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS PROMISE 202
ENGINEERING AS A PROFESSION 209
THE REORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE 215
THE ELECTION OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS 224
REORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT 230
ORGANIZATION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 237
ON REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS 243
TRUE 250
ON REORGANIZATION OF THE SOIL CONSERVA 256
ON LEGAL SERVICES AND PROCEDURES OF 262
FARM CITY CONFERENCE ECONOMY AWARD 270
THE CITY VERSUS BOYS 277
ON MEDICAL EDUCATION 284
MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 291
ON FEEDING PEOPLE WITH THE AMERICAN 297
THE AMERICAN DREAM 303
Master Quaker by David Hinshaw The Free 305
DEDICATION OF THE HERBERT HOOVER SCHOOL 312
ADDRESS TO YOUTH 318
ON A MEMORIAL TO THE HONORABLE JAMES 328
HOW TO BECOME PRESIDENT 337
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING 343
ADDRESS AT THE WEST TOWN SCHOOL 349
HOW TO STAY YOUNG 356
A German Community Under American Occupation
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This is the first comprehensive attempt to study the impact of American occupation upon a German community. By examining documentary sources and personal papers from the occupation period and interviewing a great many Germans and Americans directly associated with the military and civil administration of the town of Marburg, the author has written an illuminating case study of the occupation as a whole.
The study discloses several significant paradoxes: the effect of some military government policies necessarily doomed other military government policies to failure; military government encouraged decentralization and practiced centralization; the American democratization program encouraged and produced institutions and agencies that Germans used to undermine basic occupation policies; undemocratic methods were often used to promote a democratic ideal.
Perhaps the most important failure of the occupation authorities was their refusal to identify themselves with the German liberal and moderate forces that might have aided in the reconstruction of the kind of postwar Germany that the Americans sought to establish. These forces had an important stake in the results of the occupation, but no concessions or rewards were offered to obtain their active support. Instead, the occupation authorities chose to remain positively neutral during the struggle for power and status that liberals and moderates engaged in against leftists and Communists on the one hand, and conservatives, nationalists, and ex-Nazis on the other.
The author states that "The effect of American efforts was to disillusion the occupation's most loyal supporters and to bring forth people who disagreed with Americans about the extent and intent of denazification...; people who disagree with Americans about municipal and county government codes, the nature of the civil service, the structure and purpose of education, the proper political party organization and proper electoral procedures, the extent of industrial disarmament, the value of grass-roots political activities, and many other things."
Two striking conclusions emerge from the study. One is that American occupation policies fundamentally contradicted each other and thus were impossible to apply with any degree of success. The other is that in failing to achieve their stated objectives, Americans restored German self-respect at the expense of American policy and prestige.
Mr. Gimbel is Assistant Professor of History at Humbolt State College, California.
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A German community under American occupation: Marburg, 1945-52
John Gimbel
ISBN 0804700613, 9780804700610
259 pages
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The Cross and the Fasces
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The Italian Christian Democratic Party has emerged as one of the most important and enduring governing parties of postwar Europe, and a mainstay of the Western alliance. Since the proclamation of the Italian Republic in 1946, the party has dominated each successive government, giving the Catholic Church immense prestige and influence in Italian affairs. This is the first full-length study in English of the background of the party, and of the development of autonomous Catholic social and political movements in Italy.
The first Catholic protest movements began in the nineteenth century, and continued until the failure of the Popular Party and the triumph of Fascism after World War I. Under the Fascist Regime, a new generation of Catholic leaders appeared, emerging from the Catholic Action groups. These groups enjoyed at best a grudging toleration, and were able to exist only under papal protection. Of particular importance to this new Catholic generation was the emergence as a strong leader of Alcide De Gasperi, the "exile of the Vatican."
The narrative concludes with the rise of the new Christian Democratic Party of 1943 and the return of De Gasperi to Italian politics during World War II, as the fascist regime collapsed. A brief summary of the most important postwar developments in Italy has been provided to bring the story up to date.
This study has implications reaching far beyond the limits of Italian history, reflecting as it does on such contemporary questions as the compatibility between Catholicism and modern democracy, and the possible ties between Catholic statesmen and the Church hierarchy.
Mr. Webster is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The cross and the fasces: Christian democracy and fascism in Italy
By Richard A. Webster
Published by Stanford University Press, 1960
ISBN 0804700435, 9780804700436
229 pages
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Contents
Chapter One ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF 3
Italian , Roman Question , Demochristians
Chapter Two ITALIAN CATHOLICISM AND THE LIBYAN 26
Libyan War , Fascism , Italy
Chapter Three THE CATHOLIC ALLIANCE WITH SALANDRA 38
Salandra , Filippo Corridoni , Christian Democratic Movements
Chapter Five THE ITALIAN POPULAR PARTY SHORT 57
Fascist , Giolitti , Blackshirt
Chapter Six THE DEATH OF THE POPULAR PARTY 78
Fascist , Trentino , Catholic Action
THE REVIVAL OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY 107
Christian Democratic movement , Lateran Pacts , Third Reich
Chapter Eight THE CLERICOFASCISTS AND THEIR 119
Alleanza Nazionale , Jesuit , corporativism
FEDERATION 137
FUCI , Laureati , Monsignor
Chapter Eleven SCATTERED CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC 144
Guelf , Liguria , Christian Democratic
Chapter Twelve FATHER GEMELLI AND THE CATHOLIC 153
Amintore Fanfani , internazionale , University of Milan
Chapter Thirteen CATHOLIC PARTICIPATION IN 162
Italian Social Republic , Osoppo , Communist
Epilogue THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY 178
Gasperi , Christian Democratic Party , Communist
Appendix One CONCLUDING NOTE ON CHRISTIAN 187
Christian Democratic , Democrazia Cristiana , L'Eco di Bergamo
Bibliography 215
Mezzogiorno , Fonzi , Bergamo
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