<ul> <li> Based on multi-lingual sources (German Spanish and English) and multi-archival research conducted in six different countries around the world.</li> <li> At the cutting edge of new research trends in the field of international/global history.</li> <li> The first work to analyze the important history of official visits to the United States as well as the selling of the Alliance for Progress.</li> <li> Tells the <em>global</em> media history of both the space race and the Vietnam War.</li> <li> Goes beyond the domestic context and looks at foreign media and responses.</li></ul>