Battle Exhortation : the Rhetoric of Combat Leadership.

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In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith Yellin offers an interdisciplinary look into the rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. Battle Ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yellin, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University of South Carolina Press, 2013.
Temas:
History.
Language arts.
History
Histoire.
Arts du langage.
history (discipline)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Public Speaking.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
HISTORY > Military > General.
Language arts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Series Editor's Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bracing for Combat
  • Previous Consideration
  • Defining Exemplar: Mantinea, 418 B.C.E.
  • Auditory Dimensions
  • Encouraging Directions
  • Summary
  • 2. Indoctrination
  • Recruits All
  • Fraternal Standing in Plutarch's Spartan Mother
  • Fraternal Standing in Shakespeare's Henry V
  • Ethos Matters: George C. Scott's Patton
  • Bill Murray's Parody in Stripes
  • Summary
  • 3. Tensions
  • Managing Reputation: George Washington versus Daniel Morgan
  • Managing Distance at Second Manassas and San Juan Heights
  • Managing Violence in the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
  • Managing Love: Julius Caesar and the Tenth Legion
  • Summary
  • 4. Evolutions
  • Eisenhower on D-Day
  • Ridgway's Turn
  • Slide into Oblivion
  • Return Transformed: Schwarzkopf and Franks
  • Differences by Combat Arm
  • Summary
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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