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Resowing the seeds of war : presidential peace rhetoric since 1945 / Stephen J. Heidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heidt, Stephen J., author.
- Series:
- Rhetoric and Public Affairs
- Rhetoric and public affairs series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communication in politics--United States--History--20th century.
- Communication in politics.
- Communication in politics--United States--History--21st century.
- Presidents--United States--Language--History--20th century.
- Presidents.
- Presidents--United States--Language--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 329 Seiten)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2021]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter 1. The Recivilized Savage: Harry Truman and the Victory of the Good War
- Chapter 2. The Mobile Savage: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Stalemate in Korea
- Chapter 3. Erasing the Savage: Richard Nixon, the Architecture of Peace, and the Eternal Vietnam
- Chapter 4. The Disembodied Savage: Barack Obama and the Perpetuity of National Violence
- Chapter 5. The Eternal Savage: War, the Globalization of Violence, and the Sovereign Power of the Present
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781628954180
- 1628954183
- 9781609176594
- 1609176596
- OCLC:
- 1264073128
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