Presidential speechwriting from the New Deal to the Reagan revolution and beyond / edited by Kurt Ritter and Martin J. Medhurst.

SeriesPresidential rhetoric series ; no. 7
Contents Presidential speechwriting : ten myths that plague modern scholarship / Martin J. Medhurst -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt : rhetorical politics and political rhetorics / Halford Ryan -- Harry S. Truman : from whistle-stops to the halls of congress / Diana B. Carlin -- Dwight D. Eisenhower : the 1954 state of the union address as a case study in presidential speechwriting / Charles J.G. Griffin -- John F. Kennedy : presidential speechwriting as rhetorical collaboration / Theodore O. Windt, Jr. -- Lyndon B. Johnson : from private deliberations to public declaration : the making of LBJ's renunciation speech / Moya Ann Ball -- Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford : lessons on speechwriting / Craig R. Smith -- Jimmy Carter : the language of politics and the practice of integrity / John H. Patton -- Ronald Reagan's bully pulpit : creating a rhetoric of values / William K. Muir, Jr. -- Enduring issues in presidential speechwriting / Martin J. Medhurst.
General note"The chapters in this volume were first presented in a preliminary form at the Second Annual Conference on Presidential Rhetoric, held at Texas A&M University from March 1-3, 1996"--P. [ix].
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2002012919
ISBN1585442259 (cloth : alk. paper)

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