03260cam a2200373 i 4500 1390593476 TxAuBib 20240925120000.0 240215s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024005566 9781250286055 HRD 30.00 1250286050 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Michel, Casey, author. Foreign agents [BOOK] : how American lobbyists and lawmakers threaten democracy around the world / Casey Michel. First edition. New York : St. Martin's Press, [2024] ©2024. x, 349 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Part 1. Poison -- Dire consequences -- What is a fact? -- Master of publicity -- Broken -- Part 2. Monsters -- Secret handshake -- Wise men -- Excess is best -- Shame is for sissies -- Part 3. Revolutuons -- Safe for dictatorship -- Ukrainian cocktails --Blood money -- Not for profit -- Part 4. Insurrections -- Pot of gold -- Black hole -- You're fucked -- The republic Itself is at risk -- Mr. Lee's publicity book. "For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, they've not only entrenched dictatorships and spread kleptocratic networks, but they've secretly guided U.S. policy without the rest of America even being aware. And now, some of them have begun turning their sights on American democracy itself. These Americans are known as foreign lobbyists, and many of them spent years ushering dictatorships directly into the halls of Washington, all while laundering the reputations of the most heinous, repressive regimes in the process. These foreign lobbyists include figures like Ivy Lee, the inventor of the public relations industry—a man who whitewashed Mussolini, opened doors to the Soviets, and advised the Nazis on how to sway American audiences. They include people like Paul Manafort, who invented lobbying as we know it—and who then took his talents to autocrats from Ukraine to the Philippines, and then back to the White House. And they now include an increasing number of Americans elsewhere: in law firms and consultancies, among PR specialists and former lawmakers, and even within think tanks and universities. In Foreign Agents, Casey Michel shines a light on these foreign lobbyists as some of them—after decades of installing dictators and corrupting American policy—embark on their next mission: to end America’s democratic experiment, once and for all.". 20240925. Manafort, Paul J Jr Influence. Lee, Ivy L Ivy Ledbetter 1877-1934 Influence. United States Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938. Foreign agents United States. Lobbying Law and legislation United States. Disclosure of information Law and legislation United States. United States Foreign relations.