Battle Exhortation: The Rhetoric of Combat Leadership

by Keith Yellin

Book Overview

A commanding study of the motivational speech of military leaders across the centuries

In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith Yellin offers an interdisciplinary look into the rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. Battle Exhortation focuses on one of the most time-honored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611170540
• ISBN13: 9781611170542
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"