Surzhik Dmitrii Viktorovich
– researcher at the Scientifical and Educational Center «Actual problems of modern history and policy» (M.A.Sholokhov Moscow State University for Humanities)
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«Toward New Horisons». Americans about the US Aims at WWII — First-Hand Information
The article is based on the US Office of War Information (OWI) brochure «Toward new horizons» (1942). The OWI was central governmental agency that promoted information on Franklin D. Roosevelt diplomacy and US war efforts during the World War II. The translated into Russian brochure consists of the chief US politicians and is designated to show the US aims at WWII to the general American reader. The main ideas of it are as follows: resistance to the Evil (Nazis and Japan militarists), that will be finished by victory of Good (United Nations) that will provide wellness all over the world.Keywords: US; WWII; Office of War Information; public diplomacy; public opininon; E.Davis; D.Nelson; G.Wallace; C.Hull; S.Welles; M.Perkins; J.Winant.
