| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
vi, 270 p. |
| Series |
Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 6 |
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Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 6.
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| Note |
"The chapters appearing in this volume were first presented at the fifth annual conference on presidential rhetoric held at Texas A&M University's Presidential Conference Center, March 4-7, 1999"--P. [vii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : The president as a rhetorical leader / Leroy G. Dorsey -- The presidency has always been a place for rhetorical leadership / David Zarefsky -- George Washington and the rhetoric of presidential leadership / Stephen E. Lucas -- Classical virtue and presidential fame : John Adams, leadership, and the Franco-American crisis / James M. Farrell -- Jefferson vs. Napoleon : the limits of rhetoric / Lawrence S. Kaplan -- Politics as performance art : the body English of Theodore Roosevelt / H.W. Brands -- Presidential leadership and national identity : Woodrow Wilson and the meaning of America / James R. Andrews -- FDR at Gettysburg : the New Deal and the rhetoric of presidential leadership / Thomas W. Benson -- The hidden hand vs. the bully pulpit : the layered political rhetoric of President Eisenhower / Meena Bose and Fred I. Greenstein -- Ronald Reagan and the American dream : a study in rhetoric out of time / G. Thomas Goodnight -- Cunning, rhetoric, and the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton / John M. Murphy -- Afterword : rhetorical leadership and presidential performance / Leroy G. Dorsey. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States.
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English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
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Political oratory -- United States.
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Presidents -- United States -- Language.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Dorsey, Leroy G., 1959-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1585441783 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9781585441785 |
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9781603444439 (electronic bk.) |
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