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The great silent majority : Nixon's 1969 speech on Vietnamization / Karlyn Kohrs Campbell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs, author.
- Campbell, Kaarlyn Kohrs, author.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Great silent majority, author.
- Series:
- Library of presidential rhetoric.
- Library of Presidential Rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Public opinion.
- Presidents--United States--Messages.
- Presidents.
- Vietnam--Relations--United States.
- Vietnam.
- United States--Relations--Vietnam.
- United States.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Great silent majority.
- Nixon, Richard M.
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994--Oratory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station, [Texas] : Texas A&M University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In his televised and widely watched speech to the nation on November 3, 1969, Pres. Richard M. Nixon introduced a phrase-"silent majority"-and a policy-Vietnamization of the war effort-that echo down to the present day. Nixon's appearance on this night framed the terms in which much of the subsequent civil conflict and military strategy would be understood.Rhetorical scholar Karlyn Kohrs Campbell analyzes this critically important speech in light of the historical context and its centrality to three other speeches-two earlier and one the following spring, when the announcement
- Contents:
- The great silent majority, November 3, 1969 / Richard M. Nixon
- Nixon, Vietnam, and the cultural context / Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
- A short history of US involvement in the wars in Vietnam
- Nixon's war rhetoric
- Nixon's rhetorical critics
- The power of Nixon's rhetoric
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-144-4
- OCLC:
- 874963966
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