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The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955
Shawn J. Parry-Giles
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Hardback. This work challenges the assumption that the rhetorical presidency refers to presidential messages delivered from the bully pulpit only. By examining the Cold War discourse, it shows how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower transformed the US propaganda programme into an executive tool. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; HBG; HBLW3; JPHL; JPS; JPVN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Both Truman and Eisenhower combined bully pulpit activity with presidentially directed messages voiced by surrogates whose words were as orchestrated by the administration as those delivered by the presidents themselves. A Review of the private strategizing sessions concerning propaganda activity and the actual propaganda disseminated by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations reveals how they both militarized propaganda operations, allowing the president of the United States to serve as the commander-in-chief of propaganda activity. As the presidents minimized congressional control over propaganda operations, they institutionalized propaganda as a presidential tool, expanded the means by which they and their successors could perform ... Read more
Both Truman and Eisenhower combined bully pulpit activity with presidentially directed messages voiced by surrogates whose words were as orchestrated by the administration as those delivered by the presidents themselves. A Review of the private strategizing sessions concerning propaganda activity and the actual propaganda disseminated by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations reveals how they both militarized propaganda operations, allowing the president of the United States to serve as the commander-in-chief of propaganda activity. As the presidents minimized congressional control over propaganda operations, they institutionalized propaganda as a presidential tool, expanded the means by which they and their successors could perform ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780275974633
SKU
V9780275974633
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About Shawn J. Parry-Giles
SHAWN J. PARRY-GILES is Assistant Professor of Communication, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, and the Director of the Center for Political Communication Civic Leadership in the Department of Communication, University of Maryland./e Parry-Giles has published in numerous communication journals.
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