LEADER 04531nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910969635703321 005 20251117065355.0 010 $a1-299-05365-3 010 $a1-60344-558-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081299 035 $a(OCoLC)608778383 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10455977 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000531030 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531030 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10569975 035 $a(PQKB)11480479 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037903 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1207 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10455977 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436615 035 $a(BIP)46504586 035 $a(BIP)12777880 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081299 100 $a20050729d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush /$fedited by Martin J. Medhurst 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (220 p.) 225 1 $aPresidential rhetoric series ;$vno. 14 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-58544-471-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhy rhetoric matters : George Bush in the White House / by Martin J. Medhurst -- George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / by Catherine L. Langford -- And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / by William Forrest Harlow -- Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / by Rachel Martin Harlow -- The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / by Roy Joseph -- Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / by Holly G. McIntush -- Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / by Marti?n Carcasson -- George Bush and the religious right / by Amy Tilton Jones -- Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / by Wynton C. Hall -- Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst. 330 $aFor George H. W. Bush, the distinction between campaigning ("politics") and governing ("principles") was crucial. Once in office, he abandoned his campaign mode and with it the rhetorical strategies that brought electoral success. Not recognizing the crucial importance of rhetoric to policy formation and implementation, Bush forfeited the resources of the bully pulpit and paid the price of electoral defeat. In this first-ever analysis of Bush's rhetoric to draw on the archives of the Bush Presidential Library, scholars explore eight major events or topics associated with his presidency: the first Gulf War, the fall of the Berlin wall, the "New World Order," Bush's "education presidency," his environmental stance, the "vision thing," and the influence of the Religious Right. The volume concludes with a cogent of the 1992 re-election campaign and Bush's last-gasp use of economic rhetoric.Drawing on the resources of the Bush Presidential Library and interviews with many of Bush's White House aides, the scholars included in this tightly organized volume ask, How well did President Bush and his administration respond to events, issues, and situations? In the process, they also suggest how a more perceptive embrace of the art of rhetoric might have allowed them to respond more successfully."The Rhetorical Presidency of George H. W. Bush "breaks important ground for our understanding of the forty-first president's time in office and the reasons it ended so quickly. 410 0$aPresidential rhetoric series ;$vno. 14. 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPolitical leadership$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-1993 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in politics$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical leadership$xHistory 676 $a973.928/092 701 $aMedhurst$b Martin J$01865238 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969635703321 996 $aThe rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush$94478725 997 $aUNINA