TY - BOOK AU - Hayden,Craig TI - Rhetoric of soft power : public diplomacy in global contexts T2 - Lexington studies in political communication SN - 9780739142592 AV - JZ1305 .H39 2012 U1 - 327.2 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington KW - International relations KW - Diplomacy KW - Communication in politics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Evaluating soft power: toward a comparative framework -- Japan: culture, pop culture, and the national brand -- Venezuela: Telesur and the artillery of ideas -- China: cultivating a global soft power -- United States of America: public diplomacy 2.0 and 21st century statecraft -- Conclusion ER -