Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smith, Craig Allen.
The White House speaks : presidential leadership as persuasion

Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith.

p. cm. -- ( Praeger series in political communication, ISSN
1062-5623)

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-94394-1 (alk. paper)
1. Presidents -- United States. 2. Presidents -- United States --

Messages. 3. Political leadership -- United States. 4. Political
oratory -- United States. I. Smith, Kathy B. II. Title.
III. Series.
JK518.S583 1994
353.03'23 -- dc20 93-23468

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1994 by Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-23468
ISBN: 0-275-94394-1
ISSN: 1062-5623

First published in 1994

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent
Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards
Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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