The rhetorical presidency, propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 / Shawn J. Parry-Giles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parry-Giles, Shawn J., 1960-

Series:

Praeger series in presidential studies.

Praeger series in presidential studies 1062-0931

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Language--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Rhetoric.

Propaganda, American--History--20th century.

Propaganda, American.

Cold War.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.

Truman, Harry S.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Both Truman and Eisenhower combined bully pulpit activity with presidentially directed messages voiced by surrogates whose words were as orchestrated by the administration as those delivered by the presidents themselves. A Review of the private strategizing sessions concerning propaganda activity and the actual propaganda disseminated by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations reveals how they both militarized propaganda operations, allowing the president of the United States to serve as the commander-in-chief of propaganda activity. As the presidents minimized congressional control over propaganda operations, they institutionalized propaganda as a presidential tool, expanded the means by which they and their successors could perform the rhetorical presidency, and increased presidential power over the country's Cold War message, naturalizing the Cold War ideology that resonates yet today. Of particular interest to scholars and students of political communication, the modern presidency, and Cold War history.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Part I: The Period of Propaganda and News

1 The Truman Administration's Legalization of Peacetime

Propaganda

2 The Journalistic Paradigm: U.S. Domestic and International

Propaganda, 1947-1949

Part I: The Period of Militarization

3 Creating a Militarized Propaganda Structure Through the

CIA, PSB, and Campaign of Truth

4 Militarized Propaganda and the Campaign of Truth,

1950-1952

Part II: The Period of Institutionalization and Psychological

Strategy

5 McCarthyism and the Rise and Fall of Congressional

Involvement in Propaganda Operations

6 Propaganda as a Presidential Tool in the Eisenhower White

House

7 The Rhetorical Presidency and the Eisenhower

Administration, 1953-1955

Conclusion: Expanding the-Rhetorical Presidency

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Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-217) and index.

ISBN:

9780313075391

0313075395

OCLC:

70756951