Training manual for universities . - M. : Aspect Press, 2013. — 271 s. The textbook analyzes the historical stages of the formation of US public diplomacy and its most successful, as well as unsuccessful projects. Attention is paid to the analysis of relevant activities of the American government during the Cold War .. Programs of US public diplomacy in Russia in the period of the 1990s and in the post-Soviet space in the 2000s are considered. Modern aspects of public diplomacy, such as the ideological confrontation between the United States and Iran, US programs in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as US digital diplomacy projects, are explored. Analyzes the activities of government agencies involved in the formation and implementation of programs of public diplomacy of the United States, shows the forms and methods of implementation of modern public diplomacy of the United States For students and graduate students studying in the areas of "International Relations", "Political Science", "History", as well as for all interested in modern foreign policy and diplomacy of the United States