The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush [electronic resource] / edited by Martin J. Medhurst. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2006. - 207 p. - Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 14 . - Presidential rhetoric series ; no. 14. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Why rhetoric matters : George Bush in the White House / by Martin J. Medhurst -- George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / by Catherine L. Langford -- And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / by William Forrest Harlow -- Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / by Rachel Martin Harlow -- The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / by Roy Joseph -- Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / by Holly G. McIntush -- Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / by Martín Carcasson -- George Bush and the religious right / by Amy Tilton Jones -- Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / by Wynton C. Hall -- Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst.


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Bush, George, 1924- --Oratory.
Bush, George, 1924- --Language.


Rhetoric--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Communication in politics--History--United States--20th century.
Political leadership--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.


Electronic books.

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