The World Is Our Stage: The Global Rhetorical Presidency and the Cold War
Autor Allison M. Praschen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 feb 2023
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 archival research, Prasch examines five foundational moments in the development of what she calls the “global rhetorical presidency:” Truman at Potsdam, Eisenhower’s “Goodwill Tours,” Kennedy in West Berlin, Nixon in the People’s Republic of China, and Reagan in Normandy. In each case, Prasch reveals how the president’s physical presence defined the boundaries of the “Free World” and elevated the United States as the central actor in Cold War geopolitics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226823652
ISBN-10: 0226823652
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 32 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10: 0226823652
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 32 halftones
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Notă biografică
Allison M. Prasch is assistant professor of rhetoric, politics, and culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1 The Global Rhetorical Presidency
2 Truman at Potsdam
3 Eisenhower and the “Good Will” Tours
4 Kennedy in West Berlin
5 Nixon and the “Opening to China”
6 Reagan at Normandy
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
1 The Global Rhetorical Presidency
2 Truman at Potsdam
3 Eisenhower and the “Good Will” Tours
4 Kennedy in West Berlin
5 Nixon and the “Opening to China”
6 Reagan at Normandy
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
"An unparalleled examination of the Cold War presidency and its impact on global affairs."
"A first-rate piece of scholarship . . . impressively researched and rich in detail and some of the nuggets that Prasch has unearthed are fascinating. She masterfully weaves the political and historical context that presidents dealt with into a compelling narrative that enriches our understanding of an important time in American and world history that continues to affect us today."
“Enjoyable and fresh in its approach . . . [The World is Our Stage is] a terrific and thought-provoking book that deserves to be on Cold War public diplomacy reading lists and in the hands of anyone trying to understand the symbolic and rhetorical aspects of US foreign policy past and present.”
“A must-read book for scholars and students of political communication, the presidency, and international relations, Prasch’s The World Is Our Stage adds ‘going global’ to the critical lexicon and provocatively refashions our understanding of how the global rhetorical presidency shaped the Cold War and post–Cold War world.”
“The World Is Our Stage is an engaging and insightful analysis of how presidents exploited emergent media and transportation technologies to create and sustain an audience for the image of the US as the ‘leader of the free world’ during the Cold War. Focusing on this moment of national unity in foreign policy, this book will be of interest to general readers and scholars with interests in the US presidency, foreign relations, the Cold War, and the rhetorical construction of politics.”