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Wieck, Randolph.

Ignorance abroad : American educational and cultural foreign
policy and the Office of Assistant Secretary of State / Randolph
Wieck; foreword by André Kaspi.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-275-93798-4 (alk. paper)

1. United States--Relations--Foreign countries. 2. United States--
Cultural policy. 3. United States. Assistant Secretary of State
for Educational and Cultural Affairs. I. Title.

E840.2.W54 1992

327.73--dc20 91-47592

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1992 by Randolph Wieck

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-47592

ISBN: 0-275-93798-4

First published in 1992

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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