Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Soft-Psy Media as U.S. Strategy 1
5. 1. Shopping for Grocers: The Origins of Middle Eastern Soft-Psy Media 28
6. 2. Our Men in Kabul and Bethlehem: Saad Mohseni and Raed Othman 56
7. 3. Kind of Con Men: Self-Interest, Soft-Psy Media, and Resistance 85
8. 4. Soft-Psy Media Under Cover: The Question of Gender 111
9. 5. Mediating Mediations: Meta-Media, the Middle East, and Soft-Psy Strategy 138
10. Conclusion: The Trajectory of Soft-Psy Media from 9/11 to Today 161
11. Notes 173
12. Select Bibliography 191
13. Index 199
14. About the Author 217