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7 - Rhetoric in Times of Crisis and Doubt

from Part II - Political Rhetoric in Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2023

Robert C. Bartlett
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
Nasser Behnegar
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Times of crisis call for powerful rhetoric. This section consists of seven speeches that address political, moral, or educational crises of their time. They range from high points of rhetoric to dishonest or ineffective displays of rhetoric. The speakers include Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Allan Bloom.

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Print publication year: 2023

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