Exporting The First Amendment To The World

Download or read book Exporting the First Amendment written by Margaret A. Blanchard and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1986 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the aftermath of World War II, the United States State Department and various journalistic organizations joined forces in an attempt to attach statements guaranteeing American-style freedom of the press to certain peace treaties and to United Nations agreements. [Title] documents this controversial crusade. Drawing on State Department records, United Nations debates, personal papers, and journalistic accounts, the text describes how the press defined the issue of First Amendment international-policy aspirations. These aspirations provide grist for current free-press debates before UNESCO and are the focus of the arguments made in the controversy over the proposed New World Information Order." --Jacket.