Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy

Reforming the Structure and Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy

By (author) John Lenczowski

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Publication date:

17 March 2011

Length of book:

230 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739169209

Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy: Reforming the Structure and Culture of U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Lenczowski, offers a solution to one of the greatest weaknesses in U.S. foreign policy that has exacerbated the unprecedented anti-Americanism of recent years—the U.S. Government's inability to conduct the "full spectrum" of diplomatic arts and to integrate them with the other arts of statecraft at the level of grand strategy. The analysis presents a critique of how the Department of State's focus on traditional, government-to-government diplomacy comes at the expense of public diplomacy. "Public Diplomacy" is defined in the broadest sense as including all those arts that involve relations with, and influence over, foreign publics and opinion leaders, including: cultural diplomacy, exchanges, information policy, strategic communications, psychological strategy, political action, political warfare, and wars of ideas. Author John Lenczowski, one of the first modern advocates for the strategic integration of all the instruments of national power, calls for the development of an "influence culture" in U.S. foreign policy, and provides a roadmap for the reform of the structure and culture of American diplomacy. While addressing contemporary U.S. foreign policy, this study presents lessons in statecraft and grand strategy that are applicable for all times and places. Full Spectrum Diplomacy and Grand Strategy thus raises issues that are relevant not only to diplomats, but to practitioners of intelligence, counterintelligence, military strategy, and economic statecraft.

Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Chapter One: The Problem: The Absence of an Influence Culture in U.S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 3 Chapter Two: The Problem of Defining the Problem
Chapter 4 Chapter Three: Historical Background
Chapter 5 Chapter Four: The Knowledge Problem: The Failure to Understand Integrated Strategy and all the Dimensions of Political Influence
Chapter 6 Chapter Five: The Structural Problem: The Absence of a Supportive Culture, Strategic Planning, and Interagency Integration for Public Diplomacy
Chapter 7 Chapter Six: Solutions: To Build an Influence Culture and an Integrated Strategy
Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: Works Cited
Chapter 9 Index
Chapter 10 About the Author

Dr. John Lenczowski brings the full force of a distinguished career in foreign policy and academia to the vitally important issues of American diplomacy in our troubled era. With the keen eye of both a practitioner and a grand strategist, he shows how our lack of appreciation for the influence culture that results from using a wide range of diplomatic tools has hindered American interests. But he goes beyond mere complaints to specific solutions—in areas ranging from public diplomacy to counterintelligence to cultural influence, Dr. Lenczowski shows how America and the world could benefit from an integrated strategy. This is must reading for foreign policy professionals and engaged patriots alike.