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The Presidency and the Rhetoric of Foreign Crisis examines presidential crisis management―or the way U.S. presidents portray foreign crises to the American public―as a potent tool for the accumulation, and at times the forfeiture, of political power. Arguing that it is largely through presidential communication that foreign crises become "real" for American citizens, Bostdorff does not claim that presidents fabricate crises but rather that they vigorously advance their version of the crisis to the American public in order to rally support for their foreign policies. Bostdorff contends that presidential language can heighten the significance of events that otherwise would attract little public attention―such as a coup on the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada―and thereby persuade citizens to support U.S. military intervention and to view the commander in chief as a decisive, victorious leader.To prove her assertions, Bostdorff presents case studies from six successive administrations. Beginning with Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, she examines Johnson and the Gulf of Tonkin, Nixon and Cambodia, Ford and the Mayaguez, Carter and Iran, and Reagan and Grenada. Concluding wi

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Author

Denise M. Bostdorff

Publisher

University of South Carolina Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780872499683

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Language Learning