Resowing the Seeds of War : Presidential Peace Rhetoric since 1945 /

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"The book explores how postwar US presidents used communication strategies to craft new roles or personas for presidential leadership that amplified the necessity of American power and inserted American leadership into precarious situations that ensured national engagement in the next conflict&...

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Main Author: Heidt, Stephen J. (Author, VerfasserIn.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: East Lansing Michigan State University Press [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
Presidents > Language.
Peace-building, American.
Communication in politics.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 21st century.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Peace-building, American > History > 21st century.
Peace-building, American > History > 20th century.
Presidents > United States > Language > History > 21st century.
Presidents > United States > Language > History > 20th century.
Communication in politics > United States > History > 21st century.
Communication in politics > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"The book explores how postwar US presidents used communication strategies to craft new roles or personas for presidential leadership that amplified the necessity of American power and inserted American leadership into precarious situations that ensured national engagement in the next conflict"
The recivilized savage: Harry Truman and the victory of the Good War -- The mobile savage: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and stalemate in Korea -- Erasing the savage: Richard Nixon, the architecture of peace, and the eternal Vietnam -- The disembodied savage: Barack Obama and the perpetuity of national violence -- War, the globalization of violence, and the sovereign power of the present.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (365 pages).
ISBN:9781609176594

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