Ka-Pow: America, Propaganda, and the Illusion of Soft Power

The United States is the best at soft power. Everyone's wearing our blue jeans and listening to our rock music. America is the envy of the world: all other nations wish they were us, and we are happy to share our glory and superior way of life with them. That's why everyone loves us. Right? Or is there something more to that notion? What comes first, the soft power influence, or the hard power coercion? Can speaking softly work without the threat (and gratuitous use) of the big stick? Let's find out together. --- 10% of Moon Channel's Gross Revenue goes to charity, including our sponsorship income! We are currently supporting Doctors Without Borders (MSF). You can learn more about Doctors Without Borders at https://www.msf.org/. --- Please also consider supporting Moon Channel on Patreon! Patrons make future unsponsored content sustainable.   / moonchannelyt   The Patreon edition of the video is longer, with fewer cuts and original footage! Please do take a look! --- Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 07:27 - The Beginning of History 11:05 - Manifest Destiny 17:14 - The Monroe Doctrine 23:00 - Yellow Journalism 30:00 - Speak Softly, Carry a Big Stick 37:55 - Dollar Diplomacy 43:51 - Total War 50:16 - Propaganda 57:55 - The Disneyfication of War 01:03:20 - Soft Power, Hard Power, and the Cold War 01:09:48 - Military Intervention and the Korean War 01:17:33 - Covert Intervention and the Iranian Revolution 01:31:47 - Economic Coercion and the Cuban Embargo 01:50:12 - Hard Power Failure and the Vietnam War 02:00:37 - A New Model of Power Projection 02:08:45 - The End of the End of History 02:23:03 - JAPAN 02:29:48 - The Schoolyard Analogy Ft. Gold Ship 02:34:14 - America First, America Alone 02:42:34 - Conclusion 02:46:15 - Credits Gag [Song] --- All of the music in this video can be found in the playlist below! Let the artists know you visited from Moon Channel and show them your love!! Moon Channel Radio -- Music Playlist    • Ka-Pow: America, Propaganda, and the Illus...   The acoustic guitar of power in a union, by the way, is performed fingerstyle by Georg Nielson! Incredible work! I'll single it out because it is so impressive:    • [ACOUSTIC GUITAR] Georg Nielsen - There Is...   --- Additional Reading: Prof. John Mearsheimer: 250 Years of American Foreign Policy    • Prof. John Mearsheimer: 250 Years of Ameri...   Soft Power - Joseph Nye https://www.jstor.org/stable/1148580 The End of History and the Last Man - Francis Fukuyama https://ia800603.us.archive.org/27/it... Democracy in America - Alexis de Tocqueville https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar... Use of US Armed Forces Abroad, 1800-1900 https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/... Propaganda - Edward L. Bernays https://goodtimesweb.org/industrial-p... The Long Telegram - George F. Kennan https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/coldwar/do... THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY AND THE FALL OF IRANIAN PRIME MINISTER MOHAMMED MOSSADEQ, AUGUST 1953 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... I Went To Cuba. This Is What I Saw. - Hasan Piker    • I Went To Cuba. This Is What I Saw. - Mini...   Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution - ALASTAIR CROOKE https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt183... Nakasone and the LDP, CIA https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... IP Strategy HQ, Japan https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/seisakukaigi... THE CIA AND JAPANESE POLITICS https://www.jstor.org/stable/42705308 What a Friend We Have in Congress [Original] - Pete Seeger    • What a Friend We Have in Congress