Battle exhortation : the rhetoric of combat leadership /
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| Author / Creator: | Yellin, Keith, 1964- |
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| Imprint: | Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2008. |
| Description: | x, 191 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in rhetoric/communication |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7248999 |
Table of Contents:
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Bracing for Combat
- Previous Consideration
- Defining Exemplar: Mantinea, 418 B.C.E.
- Auditory Dimensions
- Encouraging Directions
- Summary
- 2. Indoctrination
- Recruits All
- Fraternal Standing in Plutarch's Spartan Mother
- Fraternal Standing in Shakespeare's Henry V
- Ethos Matters: George C. Scott's Patton
- Bill Murray's Parody in Stripes
- Summary
- 3. Tensions
- Managing Reputation: George Washington versus Daniel Morgan
- Managing Distance at Second Manassas and San Juan Heights
- Managing Violence in the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts
- Managing Love: Julius Caesar and the Tenth Legion
- Summary
- 4. Evolutions
- Eisenhower on D-Day
- Ridgway's Turn
- Slide into Oblivion
- Return Transformed: Schwarzkopf and Franks
- Differences by Combat Arm
- Summary
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
