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ERIC Number: EJ342341
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Publication Date: 1986
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Ronald Reagan's Re-formulation of the Rhetoric of War: Analysis of the "Zero Option,""Evil Empire," and "Star Wars" Addresses.
Goodnight, G. Thomas
Quarterly Journal of Speech, v72 n4 p390-414 Nov 1986
Analyzes speeches in which Reagan challenges the following convention: science will continue to create technologically advanced weapons against which no effective defense will be developed, making deterrence through an assured retaliatory capability the only possible defense. Textual analysis reveals how public discourse can achieve unities of national purpose while subverting their underlying conventions. (JD)
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Language: English
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