Based on a conference on "The American State-Private Network in the Cold War" held in Birmingham, England in June 2003.

Abbreviations Editors' preface Introduction: Negotiating Freedom Chapter 1. Conceptualising the State-Private Network Chapter 2. Clark Eichelberger and the Negotiation of Internationalism Chapter 3. The Importance of being (in) Earnest Chapter 4. Voluntary Associations Chapter 5. State-Private Network in the Early Cold War From Cooperation to Covert Actions: The United States Government and Students 1940-52 Chapter 6. Building a Community around the Pax Americana: The US Government and Exchange Programmes in the 1950s, Giles Scott-Smith Chapter 7. The Finest Labor Network in Europe': American Labour and the Cold War Chapter 8. In Search of a Clear and overarching American Policy: The Reporter magazine (1949-1968) and The Cold War Chapter 9. The role of Interpretation, Negotiation and Compromise in the State-Private Network and British American Studies Chapter 10. Ambassadors of the Screen: Film and the State-Private Network in Cold War America Religious Nonprofit Organizations, the Cold War State and Resurgent Evangelicalism, 1845-1990, Chapter 11. Permanent Revolution'? The New York Intellectuals the CIA and the Cultural Cold War Chapter 12. Public Diplomacy and the Private Sector: The United States Information Agency, it's Predecessors and the Private Sector.