The Reagan Rhetoric : : History and Memory in 1980s America / / Toby Glenn Bates.
The Reagan Rhetoric examines the extraordinary connections between President Ronald Reagan's conversations with the American people and the profound changes that swept the nation under those conversations' influence. Through the lens of history, rhetoric, and memory, Bates' work draws...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) :; 7 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1- States' Rights-Reagan and the 1964 Neshoba County Murders in American Memory
- 2-''A Noble Cause" -Twenty-Five Years of Consistency in Reagan's Vietnam Rhetoric
- 3-"Do We Get to Win This Time?'' -Reagan, Rambo and Platoon, and the Vietnam Veteran
- 4-Reagan, the Vietnam Veteran, 1980s Television, and Comics
- 5-Falling from Grace-The Inconsistency of Iran-Contra
- 6-Iran-Contra and Reagan's Return to Consistency
- 7-Reagan's Death and the Enduring Power of Collective Me
- Conclusion
- Appendix A-Ronald Reagan and the Vietnam War-Pre-presidential and Presidential Rhetoric
- Appendix B-Reagan and Contra Support, 1981-1988
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index