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Proclaiming the Truman Doctrine: The Cold War Call to Arms (Library of Presidential Rhetoric) Hardcover – July 10, 2008

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In this work, Denise M. Bostdorff considers President Truman’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947. She focuses on the public and private language that influenced administration perceptions about the precipitating events in Greece and Turkey and explores the news management campaign that set the stage for Truman’s speech. Bostdorff even examines how the president’s health may have influenced his policy decision and how it affected his delivery of the address and campaign for congressional approval.

After a rhetorical analysis of the Truman Doctrine speech, the book ends with Bostdorff’s conclusions on its short- and long-term impact. She identifies themes announced by Truman that resound in U.S. foreign policy down to the present day, when George W. Bush has compared his policies in the war on terror to those of Truman and members of his administration have compared Bush to Truman.

This important work is a major contribution to scholarship on the presidency, political science, and public rhetoric.

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“The writing style, organization, coverage of how the speech came to be written, and the depth of coverage of the immediate reactions to the speech are excellent…makes a contribution to understanding the origins of the cold war.”--Robert P. Newman professor emeritus, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh; author of <i>Truman and the Hiroshima Cult -- Robert P. Newman professor emeritus, Department of Communication, University of

"The book is well written and makes a modest contribution to the literature." -CHOICE ― CHOICE Published On: 2009-03-01

About the Author

DENISE M. BOSTDORFF is a professor of communication at The College of Wooster (Ohio). She is the author of The Presidency and the Rhetoric of Foreign Crisis and is also a contributor to two volumes in Texas A&M University Press’s Presidential Rhetoric Series. Her Ph.D. is from Purdue University.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Texas A&M University Press; Illustrated edition (July 10, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1603440321
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1603440325
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,203,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4,428 in United States Executive Government
- #5,366 in Rhetoric (Books)
- #34,300 in Public Affairs & Policy Politics Books

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Bostdorff is a genius in her own right. She provides an opinion on Truman that I have not personally encountered before. She has such a strong idea of what she feels happened in history and it's interesting to learn about.

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