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Writing JFK
Thomas W. Benson
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Description for Writing JFK
Following the dramatic Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961, President John F. Kennedy moved to repair the damage the invasion had done to his image and his relations with the press. This work examines two speeches and a press conference held by JFK in the days after the crisis. Series: Library of Presidential Rhetoric. Num Pages: 128 pages, frontispiece, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
Following the dramatic Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961, President John F. Kennedy moved to repair the damage the invasion had done to his image and to his relations with the press. Thomas W. Benson examines two speeches and a press conference held by JFK in the days after the crisis, shedding light on how the structures of speech writing influence the texts of the speeches and policy formation, as well as the ways the press mediates and even helps to formulate presidential rhetoric. Writing JFK provides the full text of both speeches and the press conference, as well as ... Read more
Following the dramatic Bay of Pigs fiasco in 1961, President John F. Kennedy moved to repair the damage the invasion had done to his image and to his relations with the press. Thomas W. Benson examines two speeches and a press conference held by JFK in the days after the crisis, shedding light on how the structures of speech writing influence the texts of the speeches and policy formation, as well as the ways the press mediates and even helps to formulate presidential rhetoric. Writing JFK provides the full text of both speeches and the press conference, as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Library of Presidential Rhetoric
Number of Pages
128
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
College Station, United States
ISBN
9781585442768
SKU
V9781585442768
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Reviews for Writing JFK
... a wonderful example of first-rate scholarship by a first-rate scholar. -Richard J. Jensen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas