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The Words of War: A Content Analysis of Republican Presidential Speeches From Eisenhower, Nixon, G.W. Bush, and Trump

The Words of War: A Content Analysis of Republican Presidential Speeches From Eisenhower, Nixon, G.W. Bush, and Trump

Patrick Ryan Lee, Melanie B. Richards, Robert Andrew Dunn
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781799867326|ISBN10: 1799867323|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799867333|EISBN13: 9781799867340
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6732-6.ch016
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Lee, Patrick Ryan, et al. "The Words of War: A Content Analysis of Republican Presidential Speeches From Eisenhower, Nixon, G.W. Bush, and Trump." Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis, edited by Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu and Maha Alawdat, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 295-319. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6732-6.ch016

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Lee, P. R., Richards, M. B., & Dunn, R. A. (2021). The Words of War: A Content Analysis of Republican Presidential Speeches From Eisenhower, Nixon, G.W. Bush, and Trump. In E. Hancı-Azizoglu & M. Alawdat (Eds.), Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis (pp. 295-319). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6732-6.ch016

Chicago

Lee, Patrick Ryan, Melanie B. Richards, and Robert Andrew Dunn. "The Words of War: A Content Analysis of Republican Presidential Speeches From Eisenhower, Nixon, G.W. Bush, and Trump." In Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis, edited by Eda Başak Hancı-Azizoglu and Maha Alawdat, 295-319. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6732-6.ch016

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Abstract

In this analysis of public speeches from four American presidents from the Republican Party, the ways in which those presidents discuss and position American defense activities and stances are examined to track the progression from the 1960s to the present. Presidents chosen were from one party who also presided over a period of protracted armed conflict or cold war. The addresses analyzed comprised public addresses to congress or the American people. The analysis groups recurring frames for each president. Some frames were more salient for certain presidents than for others. Other frames were common and consistently pervaded the presidents' remarks to congress and the public. America's struggle against a faceless enemy, American military might as a guarantor of peace, and the importance of the United States' commitments to its international partners were all prevailing frames which emerged in the analysis.

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