The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush /edited by Martin J. Medhurst.

The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush /edited by Martin J. Medhurst. - first edition. - College Station : Texas A and M University Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource (207 pages). - Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 14 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Why rhetoric matters : George Bush in the White House / George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / George Bush and the religious right / Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst -- by Catherine L. Langford -- by William Forrest Harlow -- by Rachel Martin Harlow -- by Roy Joseph -- by Holly G. McIntush -- by Martín Carcasson -- by Amy Tilton Jones -- by Wynton C. Hall -- by Martin J. Medhurst.




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Bush, George, 1924-2018 --Oratory.
Bush, George, 1924-2018 --Language.


Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Communication in politics--History--United States--20th century.
Political leadership--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

E882 / .R448 2006