Photo of Jo Stafford with guest William Boyd AKA Hopalong Cassidy on her Voice of America radio show.

Geoffrey Cowan on the Voice of America

Mar 10, 2017

The latest CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy is titled "Why the Voice of America Remains a Vital Force in the World." Based on an updated speech delivered in December, 2015 by Geoffrey Cowan to the World Affairs Council of the Desert, this paper explores U.S. international broadcasting past and present. 

Read it here.

Photo courtesy Macfadden Publications | Public domain

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