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A critical assessment of the impact of the administration of President Ronald Reagan on public discourse in the United States

The authors show that more than any president since John F. Kennedy, Reagan’s influence flowed from his rhetorical practices. And he is remembered as having reversed certain trends and cast the U.S. on a new course. The contributors to this insightful collection of essays show that Reagan’s rhetorical tactics were matters of primary concern to his administration’s chief political strategists.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright Page, In Memoriam
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Introduction: The Rhetorical Analysis of the Reagan Administration
  2. W. Barnett Pearce, Michael Weiler
  3. pp. 1-8
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  1. Part I. The Invention of Reagan’s Discourse
  1. 1. Ceremonial Discourse: The Rhetorical Ecology of the Reagan Administration
  2. Michael Weiler, W. Barnett Pearce
  3. pp. 11-42
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  1. 2. Rhetoric, Legitimation, and the End of the Cold War: Ronald Reagan at the Moscow Summit, 1988
  2. G. Thomas Goodnight
  3. pp. 43-71
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  1. 3. President Reagan at the London Guildhall: A British Interpretation
  2. Robin Carter
  3. pp. 72-90
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  1. Part II. The Style of Reagan’s Discourse
  1. 4. Acting like a President; or, What Has Ronald Reagan Done to Political Speaking?
  2. J. Jeffery Auer
  3. pp. 93-120
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  1. 5. Antithesis and Oxymoron: Ronald Reagan’s Figurative Rhetorical Structure
  2. James Jasinski
  3. pp. 121-134
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  1. 6. The Transformation of Actor to Scene: Some Strategic Grounds of the Reagan Legacy
  2. Jane Blankenship, Janette Kenner Muir
  3. pp. 135-160
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  1. Part III. Foreign Policy Case Studies
  1. 7. A Rhetorical Ambush at Reykjavik: A Case Study of the Transformation of Discourse
  2. W. Barnett Pearce, Deborah K. Johnson, Robert J. Branham
  3. pp. 163-182
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  1. 8. The Paranoid Style in Foreign Policy: Ronald Reagan’s Control of the Situation in Nicaragua
  2. Jeff D. Bass
  3. pp. 183-202
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  1. 9. When the Shoe Is on the Other Foot: The Reagan Administration’s Treatment of the Shootdown of Iran Air 655
  2. Marilyn J. Young
  3. pp. 203-224
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  1. Part IV. Domestic Policy Case Studies
  1. 10. The Reagan Attack on Welfare
  2. Michael Weiler
  3. pp. 227-250
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  1. 11. The City as Marketplace: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Urban Enterprise Zone Policy
  2. DeLysa Burnier, David Descutner
  3. pp. 251-265
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  1. 12. Civil Religion and Public Argument: Reagan as Public Priest of the Antiabortion Movement
  2. Catherine Helen Palczewski
  3. pp. 266-284
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 285-330
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 331-338
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 339-342
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 343-351
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