Battle exhortation : the rhetoric of combat leadership / Keith Yellin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yellin, Keith, 1964-

Series:

Studies in rhetoric/communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command of troops.

Morale.

Leadership.

Oratory.

Exhortation (Rhetoric).

Combat--Psychological aspects--History.

Combat.

Speeches, addresses, etc.

Combat--Psychological aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 191 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2008]

Contents:

1 Bracing for Combat 7

Previous Consideration 10

Defining Exemplar: Mantinea, 418 B.C.E. 23

Auditory Dimensions 30

Encouraging Directions 35

2 Indoctrination 44

Recruits All 44

Fraternal Standing in Plutarch's Spartan Mother 49

Fraternal Standing in Shakespeare's Henry V 53

Ethos Matters: George C. Scott's Patton 60

Bill Murray's Parody in Stripes 70

3 Tensions 78

Managing Reputation: George Washington versus Daniel Morgan 78

Managing Distance at Second Manassas and San Juan Heights 87

Managing Violence in the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts 94

Managing Love: Julius Caesar and the Tenth Legion 101

4 Evolutions 110

Eisenhower on D-Day 110

Ridgway's Turn 115

Slide into Oblivion 120

Return Transformed: Schwarzkopf and Franks 127

Differences by Combat Arm 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-182) and index.

ISBN:

9781570037351

1570037353

OCLC:

182662721