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The rhetorical presidency, propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955

This work challenges the assumption that the rhetorical presidency refers to presidential messages delivered from the bully pulpit only. By examining the Cold War discourse, it shows how Presidents Truman and Eisenhower transformed the US propaganda programme into an executive tool.
eBook, English, 2002
Praeger, Westport, Conn., 2002
History
1 online resource (xxix, 230 pages)
9780275974633, 9780313075391, 0275974634, 0313075395
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AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Rhetorical Presidency and United States Propaganda in the 20th CenturyThe Period of Propaganda and NewsThe Truman Administration's Legalization of Peacetime PropagandaThe Journalistic Paradigm: United States Domestic and International Propaganda, 1947-1949The Period of MilitarizationCreating a Militarized Propaganda Structure Through the CIA, the PSB, and the Campaign of TruthMilitarized Propaganda and the Campaign of Truth, 1950-1952The Period of Institutionalization and Psychological StrategyMcCarthyism and the Rise and Fall of Congressional Involvement in Propaganda OperationsPropaganda as a Presidential Tool in the Eisenhower White HouseThe Rhetorical Presidency and the Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1955Conclusion: Expanding the Rhetorical PresidencyBibliography
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