Presidential speechwriting : from the New Deal to the Reagan revolution and beyond /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2003.
Description:	x, 231 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 7
Subject:	Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Speechwriting -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Speechwriters -- United States -- Biography. English language -- United States -- Rhetoric. English language -- Rhetoric. Political oratory. Politics and government Presidents. Rhetoric -- Political aspects. Speechwriters. Speechwriting. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4827385

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Other authors / contributors:	Ritter, Kurt W. Medhurst, Martin J.
ISBN:	1585442259 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Presidential Speechwriting: Ten Myths That Plague Modern Scholarship
Chapter 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Rhetorical Politics and Political Rhetorics
Chapter 2. Harry S. Truman: From Whistle-Stops to the Halls of Congress
Chapter 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower: The 1954 State of the Union Address as a Case Study in Presidential Speechwriting
Chapter 4. John F. Kennedy: Presidential Speechwriting as Rhetorical Collaboration
Chapter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson: From Private Deliberations to Public Declaration--The Making of LBJ's Renunciation Speech
Chapter 6. Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford: Lessons on Speechwriting
Chapter 7. Jimmy Carter: The Language of Politics and the Practice of Integrity
Chapter 8. Ronald Reagan's Bully Pulpit: Creating a Rhetoric of Values
Afterword: Enduring Issues in Presidential Speechwriting
Contributors
Index

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