| Description |
xii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Great American orators, 0898-8277 ; no. 24 |
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Great American orators ; no. 24
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| Contents |
I. Critical Analysis. 1. War Ending and Oratorical Beginning. 2. The Truman-MacArthur Controversy and the 1951 Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress. 3. MacArthur, Republican Politics, and the "Triumphal Tour" 4. MacArthur's Oratory on Behalf of Inchon: Discourse That Changed the Course of History. 5. Martial Lexis from Aristotelian Attica: The Stylistic Persona of Douglas MacArthur. 6. Retrospect and Prospect -- II. Collected Speeches. Veterans of the Rainbow (Forty-Second Infantry Division of World War I), Washington, DC, 14 July 1935. The Hope of All Mankind, USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. Signing of the Surrender Instrument by Japan, 2 September 1945. Speech on Behalf of Inchon, Dai Ichi Building, Tokyo, 23 August 1950. Joint Meeting of the Two Houses of the U.S. Congress, 19 April 1951. Republican National Convention, Chicago, IL, 7 July 1952. U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, 12 May 1962 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-218) and index |
| Subject |
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Oratory.
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| Author |
Carpenter, Ronald H., 1933-
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| LC no. |
96002551 |
| ISBN |
0313291489 (cased) |
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