The presidency and rhetorical leadership [electronic resource] / edited by Leroy G. Dorsey.
Contributor(s): Dorsey, Leroy G | ebrary, Inc
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TextSeries: Presidential rhetoric series: no. 6.Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002Edition: 1st edDescription: vi, 270 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s): Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States | English language -- United States -- Rhetoric | Political oratory -- United States | Presidents -- United States -- LanguageGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 808.5/1/0883512 LOC classification: PN239.P64 | P74 2002ebOnline resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"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].
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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