Selling War in a Media Age : The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American Century

• Autore: Osgood Kenneth
• Pubblicazione: Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.20973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: FrankAndrew K
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 War ; 6. 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 Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: George 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 pr
• Titolo autorizzato: Selling War in a Media Age
• ISBN: 0-8130-4088-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822148903321
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