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In words and deeds : battle speeches in history / Richard F. Miller.
Van Pelt Library PN4193.M5 M55 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Richard F., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc--History and criticism.
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 424 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Hanover : University Press of New England, [2008]
- Contents:
- What Is a Battle Speech? 3
- What Really Was Said or Done? 12
- Durable Appeals 20
- 1 The History in Battle Speeches 27
- Unit Historical Narratives 30
- Religious Historical Narratives 38
- Social Historical Narratives 50
- Political Historical Narrative 56
- 2 The Presentation and the Recruiting Speech 65
- The Recruiting Speech 85
- Reenlisting Speeches 97
- 3 Instructional Speech 104
- "Pure" Instructional Speech 108
- Instructional Speech: Morale 115
- Political and Religious Instructional Speeches 123
- Instructional Speech and Rules of Engagement: Politics as a Continuation of War with a Mixture of Other Means 133
- Deeds as Instructional Speech 138
- 4 Pre-Invasion Speeches 145
- The Modern Pre-Invasion Speech 152
- Pre-Invasion Speech Variations: Arise! 163
- Pre-Invasion Speech Variations: The Truth Speech 169
- The Counterpart: Defender's Speeches 173
- Defenders' Speech of Lies 181
- 5 Pre-Battle Speeches 186
- Declaring Confidence 193
- Knowledge Is Confidence 195
- Diminshing the Enemy 199
- Stakes 203
- The Stakes: Hatred and Revenge 209
- Threats 213
- Personal Recognition: Ancient and Modern 216
- Personal Example 220
- Rewards 224
- The Pre-Battle Speech: Fusing the Word and the Speechmaker 227
- 6 Midst-of-Battle Speeches: The Word and the Deed 231
- Words, Not Deeds: A Modern "Top Down" Midst-of-Battle Speech to the Unit 236
- Bottom-Up Midst-of-Battle Speeches to the Unit 241
- Personal Conversation as Midst-of-Battle Speech: Comfort 243
- Personal Conversation as Midst-of-Battle Speech: Duty 249
- Personal Conversation as Midst-of-Battle Speech: Threats 253
- Props and the Midst-of-Battle Speech 255
- Rallying Men 261
- Retreat 268
- 7 The Post-Battle Speech: Telling a Story 276
- Other Elements of the Story Convention: Remembering the Fallen 283
- Taking Responsibility 288
- Post-Battle Speech: Defeat and the Criticism Convention 292
- Victory and the Criticism Convention 296
- The Legacy Convention: Variations 300
- The Post-Battle Speech after No Battle: Concluding a Modern Mission 311
- 8 Arrivals and Departures: Assuming Command, Saying Farewell, Surrender, and Final Victory 317
- Assuming Command 317
- Farewell 323
- Farewell Speeches after Washington 332
- Surrender and Farewell 339
- ... And Just Surrender 340
- The Final Victory Speech 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-406) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781584657316
- 1584657316
- OCLC:
- 213375881
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