The World Is Our Stage

A fresh account of the US presidential rhetoric embodied in Cold War international travel.   Crowds swarm when US presidents travel abroad, though many never hear their voices. The presidential body, moving from one secured location to another, communicates as much or more to these audiences than the texts of their speeches. In The World is Our Stage , Allison M. Prasch considers how presidential appearances overseas broadcast American superiority during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive a