Presidents Creating the Presidency : Deeds Done in Words.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and war.

Fourth of July orations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Summary:

Arguing that "the presidency" is not defined by the Constitution--which doesn't use the term--but by what presidents say and how they say it, Deeds Done in Words has been the definitive book on presidential rhetoric for more than a decade.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Rhetorical Presidency

2. Inaugural Addresses

3. Special Inaugural Addresses: The Speeches of Ascendant Vice Presidents

4. National Eulogies

5. Pardoning Rhetoric

6. State of the Union Addresses

7. Veto Messages

8. The Signing Statement as De Facto Item Veto

9. Presidential War Rhetoric

10. Presidential Rhetoric of Self-Defense

11. The Rhetoric of Impeachment

12. Farewell Addresses

13. Conclusion

Appendix: Other Rhetorical Forms

Notes

Index

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ISBN:

0-226-85627-5

9780226856278

OCLC:

1574122459