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Exporting the American dream

The American dream

 

US popular culture – from blue jeans and popular music to Hollywood movies – has taken the world by storm.

American education and research is much valued around the world. All of these factors are elements in America’s “soft power”.

Jonathan Marcus travels from the mean streets of New York to the congested boulevards of Cairo to explore what “soft power” actually means and how it helps shape attitudes towards the most powerful country on earth.

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