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Cold War Rhetoric: Strategy, Metaphor, and Ideology
By Martin J. Medhurst, Robert L. Ivie, Philip Wander, Robert L. Scott
256 pages
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- Michigan State University Press
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- East Lansing, MI
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- 1997
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Synopsis
Now available in paperback, Cold War Rhetoric is the first book in twenty years to bring a sustained rhetorical critique to bear on central texts of the Cold War. The rhetorical texts that are the subject of this book include speeches by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the Murrow-McCarthy confrontation on CBS, the speeches and writings of peace advocates, and the recurring theme of unAmericanism as it has been expressed in various media throughout the Cold War years. Each of the authors brings ...
Now available in paperback, Cold War Rhetoric is the first book in twenty years to bring a sustained rhetorical critique to bear on central texts of the Cold War. The rhetorical texts that are the subject of this book include speeches by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the Murrow-McCarthy confrontation on CBS, the speeches and writings of peace advocates, and the recurring theme of unAmericanism as it has been expressed in various media throughout the Cold War years. Each of the authors brings to his texts a particular approach to rhetorical criticism -- strategic, metaphorical, or ideological. Each provides an introductory chapter on methodology that explains the assumptions and strengths of their particular approach.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Copyright Acknowledgments v
- Contents ix
- 1 - Cold War and Rhetoric: Conceptually and Critically 1
- Part I - Strategy 17
- 2 - Rhetoric and Cold War: A Strategic Approach 19
- 3 - Eisenhower's "Atoms For Peace" Speech: a Case Study in the Strategic Use of Language 29
- 4 - Rhetorical Portraiture: John F. Kennedy's March 2, 1962, Speech on The Resumption of Atmospheric Tests 51
- Part II - Metaphor 69
- 5 - Cold War Motives and The Rhetorical Metaphor: A Framework of Criticism 71
- 6 - Diffusing Cold War Demagoguery: Murrow Versus Mccarthy On "See It Now" 81
- Appendix 1 92
- 7 - Metaphor and The Rhetorical Invention Of Cold War "Idealists" 103
- Part III - Ideology 129
- 8 - Critical and Classical Theory: an Introduction To Ideology Criticism 131
- 9 - The Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy 153
- Title Page iii
- Copyright Acknowledgments v
- Contents ix
- 1 - Cold War and Rhetoric: Conceptually and Critically 1
- Part I - Strategy 17
- 2 - Rhetoric and Cold War: A Strategic Approach 19
- 3 - Eisenhower's "Atoms For Peace" Speech: a Case Study in the Strategic Use of Language 29
- 4 - Rhetorical Portraiture: John F. Kennedy's March 2, 1962, Speech on The Resumption of Atmospheric Tests 51
- Part II - Metaphor 69
- 5 - Cold War Motives and The Rhetorical Metaphor: A Framework of Criticism 71
- 6 - Diffusing Cold War Demagoguery: Murrow Versus Mccarthy On "See It Now" 81
- Appendix 1 92
- 7 - Metaphor and The Rhetorical Invention Of Cold War "Idealists" 103
- Part III - Ideology 129
- 8 - Critical and Classical Theory: an Introduction To Ideology Criticism 131
- 9 - The Rhetoric of American Foreign Policy 153
- 10 - Political Rhetoric and The Un-American Tradition 185
- Part IV - Conclusion 201
- 11 - The Prospects of Cold War Criticism 203
- Selected Bibliography 209
- Index 223