04016nam 22005653u 450 991045978860332120210114214428.00-8130-4088-4(CKB)3710000000313474(EBL)1882467(MiAaPQ)EBC1882467(EXLCZ)99371000000031347420141215d2010|||| u|| |engSelling War in a Media Age[electronic resource] The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American CenturyGainesville University Press of Florida20101 online resource (291 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction. Hail to the Salesman in Chief: Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and the Presidency; 1. Imperial Tutor: William McKinley, the War of 1898, and the New Empire, 1898-1902; 2. War and the Health of the State: The U.S. Government and the Communications Revolution during World War I; 3. Selling Different Kinds of War: Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Public Opinion during World War II; 4. Cementing and Dissolving Consensus: Presidential Rhetoric during the Cold War, 1947-1969; 5. Hard Sell: The Korean War6. Eisenhower's Dilemma: Talking Peace and Waging Cold War 7. "We Need to Get a Better Story to the American People": LBJ, the Progress Campaign, and the Vietnam War on Television; 8. Selling Star Wars: Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative; 9. The Ministry of Fear: Selling the Gulf Wars; 10. Conclusion. War, Democracy, and the State; Afterword. Worm's-Eye View; List of ContributorsGeorge W. Bush's ""Mission Accomplished"" banner in 2003 and the misleading linkages of Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 terrorist attacks awoke many Americans to the techniques used by the White House to put the country on a war footing. Yet Bush was simply following in the footsteps of his predecessors, as the essays in this standout volume reveal in illuminating detail. Written in a lively and accessible style, Selling War in a Media Age is a fascinating, thought-provoking, must-read volume that reveals the often-brutal ways that the goal of influencing public opinion has shaped how American prCommunication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryMass media and war -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPolitical leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPolitics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPresidents -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryPresidents -- United States -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th centuryPublic opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryRhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th centuryElectronic books.Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Mass media and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Politics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Presidents -- United States -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.Public opinion -- United States -- History -- 20th century.Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.306.20973Osgood Kenneth869422Frank Andrew K270183AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910459788603321Selling War in a Media Age1941162UNINA