Mr Talbott has also had the good luck to be able to track the same tension in the present day, as America after the cold war has oscillated between a multilateral and unilateral foreign policy under Presidents Clinton and Bush.

ECONOMIST: America and the world

The scene may not present any kind of truth about being a stewardess in 1963, but good luck telling that to the little girl in you, who for those few seconds utterly buys this dated, Darin-stoked depiction of freedom and adventure.

NEWYORKER: Another World