Nancy Snow is a fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Her latest book is "Propaganda and Persuasion" (Sage, 2025).
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Nancy Snow is a fellow at the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. Her latest book is "Propaganda and Persuasion" (Sage, 2025).