DiMaggio Selling War, Selling Hope

Presidential Rhetoric, the News Media, and U.S. Foreign Policy since 9/11
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5797-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Details how presidents utilize mass media to justify foreign policy objectives in the aftermath of 9/11.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DiMaggio, Anthony R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments

Introduction: Presidential Rhetoric from September 11 to the Arab Spring

1. The Rhetoric of Fear and Hope in Afghanistan

2. Selling the Iraq War

3. Failure: The Iraq War and the Declining Influence of Presidential Rhetoric

4. An Iranian Threat? Recycling the Rhetoric of Fear and Hope

5. From Fear to Democracy: Presidential Rhetoric in the Arab Spring

6. Losing Control: Obama's Rhetoric on Benghazi and Syria

Conclusion

Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony R. DiMaggio received his PhD in political communication from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books, including The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama.