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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778971703321

Titolo

Cold War rhetoric [[electronic resource] ] : strategy, metaphor, and ideology / / Martin J. Medhurst ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c1997

ISBN

1-62895-187-7

0-87013-937-1

0-585-18825-4

Edizione

[[Rev. ed.].]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric & Public Affairs

Altri autori (Persone)

MedhurstMartin J

Disciplina

327.73047

Soggetti

Cold War

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

English language - United States - Rhetoric

United States Foreign relations Soviet Union

Soviet Union Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Strategy -- pt. 2. Metaphor -- pt. 3. Ideology -- pt. 4. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Cold War Rhetoric is the first book in over 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. Ea