The rhetoric that immediately followed World War II created the political environment that resulted in a new world order, and in this work Hinds and Windt examine how this national and international reality developed.
About the Series Series Foreword Preface Political Rhetoric and Political Reality Prologue to the Cold War Churchill's "Iron Curtain" and Beyond The Truman Doctrine The Truman Doctrine Extended: The Loyalty Program Maintenance and the Moral Imperative of the New Political Universe: The Marshall Plan and "X" Critics and Advocates of the New Reality The Final Proofs and Conclusion Postscript Selected Bibliography Index
LYNN BOYD HINDS is Associate Professor of Broadcasting at West Virginia University. He is the producer and host of the public television series The Pennsylvania Game. THEODORE OTTO WINDT, JR., is Professor of Political Rhetoric at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of four previous books.
?. . . the value of this book goes beyond a description of the
rhetorical workings of one conflict in history.?-Journal of
Communication
?The Cold War as Rhetoric is an outstanding addition to the
scholarly literature on the presidency, political communication,
and American history. . . . It should be required reading for
anyone interested in political argumentation, political history, or
the American presidency. This book offers a highly useful and
thorough documentation of the rhetorical formulations at play
during the Cold War era. It helps explain not only what went on
during that time period, but the more general workings of political
rhetoric in future conflicts.?-Presidential Studies Quarterly
." . . the value of this book goes beyond a description of the
rhetorical workings of one conflict in history."-Journal of
Communication
"The Cold War as Rhetoric is an outstanding addition to the
scholarly literature on the presidency, political communication,
and American history. . . . It should be required reading for
anyone interested in political argumentation, political history, or
the American presidency. This book offers a highly useful and
thorough documentation of the rhetorical formulations at play
during the Cold War era. It helps explain not only what went on
during that time period, but the more general workings of political
rhetoric in future conflicts."-Presidential Studies Quarterly
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