In Fallout Shelters For the Human Spirit, Michael Krenn explores how the diverse interests from non-profit organizations, such as the American Federation of the Arts, and the federal government collaborated with each other to spread cultural diplomacy. He notes that the AFA attempted to rally the American government to fund exhibitions, especially paintings to both improve the nation’s reputation and to spread American art abroad. With regards to Krenn’s central thesis, he argues that a dichotomy developed from this government partnership, which led to the loss of funding from the government in the 1970s. For example, he notes that the United States Information Agency vehemently opposed paintings that the AFA wanted to display. The government