Title:
The President as interpreter-in-chief / Mary E. Stuckey.
Author:
Stuckey, Mary E.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-178) and index.
Introduction: the president as interpreter-in-chief -- Political rhetoric in the premodern United States -- The development of mass-mediated politics: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman -- The birth of televised politics: Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy -- Television and personality: Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon -- The issue of control: Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter -- Mastering televised politics: Ronald Wilson Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush -- (Almost) "Everything Old is New" again: the consequences of television politics.
Publisher:
Chatham House Publishers,
Publication Place:
Chatham, NJ :
ISBN:
0934540926
9780934540926
Subject:
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Contents:
Introduction: the president as interpreter-in-chief -- Political rhetoric in the premodern United States -- The development of mass-mediated politics: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman -- The birth of televised politics: Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy -- Television and personality: Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon -- The issue of control: Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter -- Mastering televised politics: Ronald Wilson Reagan and George Herbert Walker Bush -- (Almost) "Everything Old is New" again: the consequences of television politics.
Physical Description:
x, 182 p. ;
Publication Date:
c1991.