The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955

by Shawn J. Parry-Giles

Both Truman and Eisenhower combined bully pulpit activity with presidentially directed messages voiced by surrogates whose words were as orchestrated by the administration as those delivered by the presidents themselves. A Review of the private strategizing sessions concerning propaganda activity and the actual propaganda disseminated by the Truman and Eisenhower administrations reveals how they both militarized propaganda operations, allowing the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275974634
• ISBN13: 9780275974633
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"