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Intertextuality and the 24-Hour News CycleA Day in the Rhetorical Life of Colin Powell’s U.N. AddressJohn OddoHow the mainstream press sold the Iraq War at a critical moment in American history—and how Americans bought it.978-1-61186-140-2▪ $39.95 (S) ▪ Paper3250 pages ▪ B&W images, notes, references, index

SuperchurchThe Rhetoric and Politics of American FundamentalismJonathan J. Edwards

An accessible exploration of Christian Fundamentalism’s past, present, and future.

978-1-61186-159-4 ▪ $44.95 ▪ Paper268 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

Creating ConservatismPostwar Words that Made an American MovementMichael J. Lee

A dynamic and expansive look at how the conservative canon has shaped America’s political and cultural landscape since the Cold War.

978-1-61186-127-3 ▪ $34.95 (S) ▪ Paper312 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

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William James and the Art of Popular Statement

Paul Stob

The first published history of William James’s quest to return intellectual power to the people.978-1-61186-083-2 ▪ $42.95 ▪ Paper265 pages

Discourse and Defiance under Nazi OccupationGuernsey, Channel Islands, 1940–1945Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp

A revelatory look at the secret war diaries of Channel Island residents during the German occupation.

978-1-61186-082-5 ▪ $54.95 ▪ Cloth320 pages ▪ B&W Photos, notes, references, index

On the Frontier of ScienceAn American Rhetoric of Exploration and ExploitationLeah Ceccarelli

An incisive study of the rhetoric surrounding a popular metaphor in American culture.978-1-61186-100-6 ▪ $59.95 (S) ▪ Paper250 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

The Good NeighborFranklin D. Roosevelt and the Rhetoric of American PowerMary E. Stuckey

An eye-opening examination of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “good neighbor” approach to domestic and international politics.

978-1-61186-099-3 ▪ $59.95 (S) ▪ Cloth376 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

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Spirits of the Cold WarContesting Worldviews in the Classical Age of American Security StrategyNed O’Gorman

A masterful account of the strategic debate of the early Cold War. 978-1-61186-020-7 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth340 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

Executing DemocracyVolume Two: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1835—1843Stephen John Hartnett

The eye-opening companion to Volume One enters the discussion during the debates of 1835 and 1843. 978-1-61186-047-4 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth354 pages ▪ B&W Photos, notes, references, index

Making the CaseAdvocacy and Judgment in Public ArgumentEdited by Kathryn M. Olson, Michael William Pfau, Benjamin Ponder, and Kirt H. Wilson

An engaging and timely collection illustrating the power of case-based scholarly argument.

978-1-61186-052-8 ▪ $69.95 ▪ Paper274 pages ▪ Notes

SpeechwrightAn Insider’s Take on Political RhetoricWilliam F. Gavin

A presidential speech writer’s personal look at politics and rhetoric.

978-1-61186-017-7 ▪ $24.95 ▪ Cloth172 pages

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Public Address and Moral JudgmentCritical Studies in Ethical TensionsEdited by Shawn J. Parry-Giles and Trevor Parry-Giles

An examination of rhetorical discourse on public morality and public ethical judgment.

978-0-87013-868-3 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Coth256 pages ▪ Notes, references

Executing Democracy Volume One: Capital Punishment & the Making of America, 1683—1807Stephen John Hartnett

A rhetorical history of public debates about crime, vio-lence, and punishment in America.

978-0-87013-869-0 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth336 pages ▪ B&W Illustrations, notes, references, index

Remembering the AIDS Quilt

Edited by Charles E. Morris III

Discourse about the largest ongoing community arts project created as a response to the AIDS epidemic.

978-1-61186-007-8 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth470 pages ▪ B&W Photos, notes

EnemyshipDemocracy and Counter-Revolution in the Early RepublicJeremy Engels

What happens when revolutionaries come to power and believe their own rhetoric?

978-0-87013-980-2 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth336 pages ▪ Notes, bibliography, index

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Rhetoric and DemocracyPedagogical and Political PracticesEdited by Todd F. McDorman and David M. Timmerman

A contemporary reexamination of the role of rhetoric in a democracy.

978-0-87013-835-5 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth264 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

Invoking the Invisible HandSocial Security and the Privatization Debates

Robert Asen

Examines the rhetoric of hiding beneath the debates over Social Security.

978-0-87013-843-0 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth328 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

With Faith in the Works of WordsThe Beginnings of Reconciliation in South Africa, 1985—1995Erik Doxtader

An intriguing history of the rhetorical power of reconcili-ation in South Africa.

978-0-87013-851-5 ▪ $34.95 ▪ Paper384 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

In the Wake of ViolenceImage and Social ReformCheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp

How acts of violence are rhetorically “managed” by social movements.

978-0-87013-821-8 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth384 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

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The Rhetorical Vectors of Memory in the National and International Holocaust TrialsMarouf A. Hasian, Jr. Provides a rhetorical analysis of Holocaust trials as a way of looking into the question of what role court proceedings play in the creation of Holocaust collective memories.

978-0-87013-784-6 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth256 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

The Character of JusticeRhetoric, Law, and Politics in the Supreme Court Confirmation ProcessTrevor Parry GilesToday, except for presidential campaigns, no single constitutional event produces more controversy and in-terest than the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice.978-0-87013-769-3 ▪ $64.95 ▪ Cloth256 pages ▪ Index

Everyday SubversionFrom Joking to Revolting in the German Democratic RepublicKerry Kathleen RileyTraces the evolution of grassroots social movement and reveals the subversive forms of communication that were practiced behind the Wall.978-0-87013-801-0 ▪ $69.95 ▪ Cloth352 pages

Judging the Supreme CourtConstruction of Motvies in Bush v. GoreClarke Rountree

Questions the motives of Supreme Court justices in a landmark case: The Supreme Court’s intervention in the presidential election of 2000.

978-0-87013-809-6 ▪ $79.95 ▪ Cloth640 pages ▪ Notes, references, index

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Bending SpinesThe Propagandas of Nazi Germany and the German Democratic RepublicRandall L. BytwerkWhy do totalitarian propagandas such as those from Nazi Germany initially succeed, but ultimately fail?

978-0-87013-710-5 ▪ $24.95 ▪ Paper228 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

The Political Style of Conspiracy Chase, Sumner, and LincolnMichael WIlliam Pfau

U.S. history has provided for conspiracies, both real and imagined, from the American Revolution to the present.Conspiracy is a staple of political rhetoric.

978-0-87013-760-0 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth240 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

The Lyceum and Public Culture in the Nineteenth-Century United States

Angela G. Ray

A refreshing new look at the lyceum lecture system as it developed in the U.S. from the 1820s to the 1880s.978-0-87013-745-7 ▪ $79.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-477-0 ▪ $24.95 ▪ Paper320 pages ▪ B&W Illustrations, index

Malcolm XInventing Radical JudgmentRobert E. Terrill

Few figures haunt the collective American psyche like Malcolm X. Yet, not much has been done to analyze his speeches—a glaring omission in scholarship.

978-0-87013-730-3 ▪ $49.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-803-4 ▪ $19.95 ▪ Paper256 pages

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Eisenhower’s War of WordsRhetoric and LeadershipMartin J. Medhurst

Paints a revisionist portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as a strategic communicator who was highly involved in the series of crises that characterized his administrations.

978-0-87013-340-4 ▪ $44.95 ▪ Cloth300 pages ▪ B&W Photos, notes, index

Darwinism, Design, & Public EducationJohn Angus Campbell and Steven C. Meyer

From the Scopes Trial in 1925 through the action of the Kansas board of education, the teaching of evolution in public schools has been a flashpoint in American education.

978-0-87013-670-2 ▪ $84.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-675-7 ▪ $28.95 ▪ Paper544 pages

Metaphorical World Politics

Edited by Francis A. Beer and Christ’l De Landtsheer

Metaphorical World Politics argues that language and metaphor are important parts of international political reality.

978-0-87013-726-6 ▪ $29.95 ▪ Paper288 pages ▪ Index

Christianity and the Mass Media in AmericaToward a Democratic AccommodationQuentin J. Schultze

Demonstrates how religion and the media in America have borrowed each other’s rhetoric. In the process, they have also helped to keep each other honest.978-0-87013-696-2 ▪ $84.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-774-7 ▪ $19.95 ▪ Paper512 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

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The Reconstruction Desegregation DebateThe Politics of Equality and the Rhetoric of Place, 1870–1875Kirt H. WilsonExamines Reconstruction’s desegregation debate to explain how it represented an important movement in the evolution of U.S. race relations.

978-0-87013-617-7 ▪ $54.95 ▪ Cloth300 pages ▪ Notes, bibliography, index

General EisenhowerIdeology and DiscourseIra Chernus

Reveals how one man helped construct the sense of national and global insecurity that pervaded American life for decades.

978-0-87013-616-0 ▪ $59.95 ▪ Cloth480 pages ▪ Notes, bibliography, index

Frederick DouglassFreedom’s Voice, 1818–1845Gregory P. Lampe

Chronicles Douglass’s preparation for a career in ora-tory, his emergence as an abolitionist lecturer, and his development as a public speaker and reformer.

978-0-87013-480-7 ▪ $27.95 ▪ Paper350 pages ▪ Notes, bibliography, index

Shared Land/ Conflicting IdentityTrajectories of Israeli and Palestinian Symbol UseRobert C. Rowland and David FrankArgues that rhetoric, ideology, and myth have played key roles in influencing the 100-year conflict between the Zionist settlers, current Israeli people, and Palestinians in what is now Israel.

978-0-87013-635-1 ▪ $74.95 ▪ Cloth416 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

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Strategic DeceptionRhetoric, Science, and Politics in Missile Defense Advocacy Gordon R. Mitchell

The technical and political dimensions of the recurrent BMD controversies from a rhetorical perspective.978-0-87013-557-6 ▪ $55.00 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-558-3 ▪ $24.95 ▪ Paper288 pages ▪ B&W Illustrations, index

Angelina GrimkéRhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination Stephen H. Browne

The first full-length study to explore the rhetorical legacy of this most unusual advocate for human rights.

Rostow, Kennedy, and the Rhetoric of Foreign Aid Kimber Charles Pearce

The first comprehensive, critical analysis of the influence of economic historian Rostow’s theory of the “stages of economic growth” on U.S. foreign aid policy during the 1950s and 1960s.

978-0-87013-578-1 ▪ $35.95 ▪ Cloth210 pages ▪ Notes, index

Visions of PovertyWelfare Policy and Political ImaginationRobert Asen

To understand completely the welfare policy debates of the last half of the 20th Century, the various images of poor people that were present must be considered.

978-0-87013-600-9 ▪ $49.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-606-1 ▪ $24.95 ▪ Paper304 pages

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Cold War RhetoricStrategy, Metaphor, and IdeologyMartin J. Medhurst, Robert L. Ivie, Robert L. Scott, and Philip Wander

Brings a sustained rhetorical critique to bear on central texts of the Cold War.

978-0-87013-442-5 ▪ $22.95 ▪ Paper272 pages ▪ B&W Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index

The Rise and Decline of an AllianceCuba and African American Leaders in the 1960sRuth Reitan

In the 1960s, a critical fracture developed in the American Civil Rights movement creating, in the process, a new group of Black nationalists

978-0-87013-498-2 ▪ $25.95 ▪ Paper155 pages ▪ Bibliography, index

What Roosevelt ThoughtThe Social and Political Ideas of Franklin D. RooseveltThomas H. Greer

A classic study that shows the unfolding of Roosevelt’s views in the context of a larger, coherent philosophy.

978-0-87013-565-1 ▪ $26.95 ▪ Paper264 pages ▪ Notes, index

Post-RealismThe Rhetorical Turn in International RelationsEdited by Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman

A coherent set of essays that trace and challenge the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and practitioners alike.

978-0-87013-422-1 ▪ $44.95 ▪ Cloth978-0-87013-461-6 ▪ $27.95 ▪ Paper429 pages

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The Nuclear Freeze CampaignRhetoric and Foreign Policy in the Telepolitical AgeJ. Michael Hogan

The groups and individuals involved in framing the issues, the tactics they used, and the ways in which they were treated by the media.

978-0-87013-367-1 ▪ $44.95 ▪ Cloth262 pages ▪ B&W Photos

Mansfield and VietnamA Study in Rhetorical AdaptationGregory A. Olson

Examines the role played by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, (D - Montana), in the formulation and execution of U.S. Vietnam policy.

978-0-87013-386-2 ▪ $44.95 ▪ Cloth300 pages ▪ B&W Photos, index

Truman and the Hiroshima Cult

Robert P. Newman

The United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 to end World War II as quickly and with as few casualties as possible.

978-0-87013-403-6 ▪ $38.95 ▪ Cloth292 pages ▪ Index

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