Battle exhortation : the rhetoric of combat leadership /
Yellin, Keith, 1964-
Battle exhortation : the rhetoric of combat leadership / Keith Yellin. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (x, 191 pages). - Studies in rhetoric/communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 vs. 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.
"In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith Yellin offers an inter-disciplinary look into a mode of rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. In Battle Exhortation he focuses on one of the most time-honored forms of motivational communication, the encouraging speech of military commanders, to offer a pragmatic and scholarly evaluation of how persuasion contributes to combat leadership."--Jacket.
9781611173567
Command of troops.
Morale.
Leadership.
Oratory.
Exhortation (Rhetoric)
Combat--Psychological aspects--History.
Battle-cries.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Electronic Books.
UB210 / .B388 2008
Battle exhortation : the rhetoric of combat leadership / Keith Yellin. - Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2008. - 1 online resource (x, 191 pages). - Studies in rhetoric/communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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 vs. 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.
"In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith Yellin offers an inter-disciplinary look into a mode of rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. In Battle Exhortation he focuses on one of the most time-honored forms of motivational communication, the encouraging speech of military commanders, to offer a pragmatic and scholarly evaluation of how persuasion contributes to combat leadership."--Jacket.
9781611173567
Command of troops.
Morale.
Leadership.
Oratory.
Exhortation (Rhetoric)
Combat--Psychological aspects--History.
Battle-cries.
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Electronic Books.
UB210 / .B388 2008