How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy
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 p
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How Hollywood Projects Foreign Policy
Sally-Ann Totman Foreword by
Gary Scudder
HOW HOLLYWOOD PROJECTS FOREIGN POLICY
Copyright © Sally-Ann Totman, 2009. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-61869-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-38130-2 ISBN 978-0-230-10122-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230101227 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Totman, Sally-Ann. How Hollywood projects foreign policy / by Sally-Ann Totman ; foreword by Gary Scudder. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-349-38130-2 (alk. paper) 1. International relations in motion pictures. 2. Motion pictures and history. 3. Motion pictures—United States—History. I. Title. PN1995.9.I57T67 2009 791.43'635873—dc22
2009009907
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Imaging Systems (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: November 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For my two wonderful children: Julia and Paul
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Contents
List of Figures
ix
Foreword
xi
1 Introduction 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
1 18 21 25 28 29 33
3 The Islamic Republic of Iran
51
4
71
The Republic of Cuba
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
Appendix I: Transcripts of President Clinton’s Two Speeches Following the U.S. Air Strikes against Sudan and Afghanistan
171
Appendix II: Lists of films that have and have not received Pentagon assistance
175
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Notes
177
Bibliography
199
Filmography
211
Index
217
Figures
2.1 Countries that pose the greatest threat to the US according to Americans in 1994
43
2.2 Perception of foreign countries
50
4.1 American opinion of Cuba
72
4.2 American support for reestablishing relations with Cuba
80
5.1
American perception of Libya
103
6.1 American opinion of Iraq
113
6.2 American support of the US War in Iraq
113
10.1
America’s greatest threat trends
10.2 America’s greatest threats in 2006
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