Slipping the Surly Bonds - Reagan's Challenger Address

Informationen zum Autor Mary E. Stuckey, who holds a joint appointment in the political science and communication departments at Georgia State University, is a prolific author on the subject of the presidency and serves as book review editor of the journal Rhetoric and Public Affairs. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Klappentext Millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousand of schoolchildren, watched in horror as the Challenger shuttle capsule exploded on live television on January 28, 1986. Coupled with that awful image in Americans' memory is the face of President Ronald Regan addressing the public hours later with words that spoke to the nation's shock and mourning. Focusing on the text of Reagan's speech, author Mary Stuckey shows how President Reagan's reputation as "the Great Communicator" adds significance to our under-standing of his rhetoric on one of the most momentous occasions of his administration. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the text of President Ronald Reagan's speech. The author shows how President Reagan's reputation as ""the Great Communicator"" adds significance to our understanding of his rhetoric on one of the most momentous occasions of his administration.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary E Stuckey, Mary E. Stuckey
• Verlag: Texas A&M University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9781585445127
• ISBN: 978-1-58544-512-7
• Seiten: 140
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Serien: Library of Presidential Rhetor; Library of Presidential Rhetor
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges