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How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy

New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xii, 226 pp.

Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 199-210, filmography, index

ISBN 978-0-230-10122-7 (ebook); 978-0-230-61869-5 (print)

"This book examines US foreign policy toward the so-called 'rogue states' and the products of the Hollywood film industry in relation to these states, which promises to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the 'soft power' that is popular culture." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction, 1
The Carter Administration -- The Reagan Administration -- The Bush (41) Administration -- The Clinton Administration -- The Bush (43) Administration
2 The End of the Cold War: Rogue States and Their Characteristics, 33
3 The Islamic Republic of Iran, 51
4 The Republic of Cuba, 71
5 The Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 89
6 The Republic of Iraq, 105
7 The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 119
8 The Republic of Sudan, 135
9 The Syrian Arab Republic, 143
10 Conclusion, 153