Yellin, Keith,  1964- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611173567 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Command of troops.<br/>Morale.<br/>Leadership.<br/>Oratory.<br/>Exhortation (Rhetoric)<br/>Combat--Psychological aspects--History.<br/>Battle-cries.<br/>Speeches, addresses, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>UB210  / .B388 2008