"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 s work draws connections between the style, manner, and consistency of Reagan s oratory and the social and cultural settings in which it played so vital a role. Specifically focusing on the 1980 Neshoba County Mississippi Campaign visit, the popular culture memory of the Vietnam War, and the controversy of Iran-Contra,...
"The Reagan Rhetoric" examines the extraordinary connections between President Ronald Reagan s conversations with the American people and the profo...