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Synopsis
This book examines the oratorical and rhetorical styles of leading figure in Democratic Party politics since the 1960s. It reveals how leading orators strove to connect their message with a variety of audiences from the Senate to the media.
Synopsis
How do leading Democratic Party figures strive to communicate with and influence their audience? Why have some proven more successful than others in advancing their ideological arguments? How do orators seek to connect with different audiences in different settings such as the Senate, conventions and through the media? This thoroughly researched and highly readable collection comprehensively evaluates these questions as well as providing an extensive interrogation of the political and intellectual significance of oratory and rhetoric in the Democratic Party. Using the Aristotelian modes of persuasion ethos, pathos and logos it draws out commonalties and differences in how the rhetoric of Democratic Party politics has shifted since the 1960s. More broadly it evaluates the impact of leading orators upon American politics and argues that effective oratory remains a vital party of American political discourse.
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Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; Andrew S. Crines and Robert Lehrman
1. The Oratory of John F. Kennedy; Robert Lehrman
2. The Oratory of Lynton B. Johnson; Andrew Taylor
3. The Oratory of Robert Kennedy; Brendan Evans
4. The Oratory of Jimmy Carter; Donna Jackson and Robert Lehrman
5. The Oratory of Edward Kennedy; Timothy Heppell
6. The Oratory of Bill Clinton; Jon Herbert
7. The Oratory of Al Gore; Robert Busby
8. The Oratory of John Edwards; David S Moon
9. The Oratory of John Kerry; Jon Roper
10. The Oratory of Jessie Jackson; Felicia R. Stewart
11. The Oratory of Hillary Clinton; Mark Bennister
12. The Oratory of Barack Obama; Robert Lehrman and Andrew S Crines
Conclusion; David S. Moon
Bibliography
Index