US Boots on the Ground,” the Enemy, and Post-Cold War Presidential Rhetoric
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6187745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta Kobylska (0000-0002-0355-790X) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2023-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.20303 |
| OpenAlex | W4383682681 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
This article is an investigation into the case of the enemy in American post-Cold War presidential rhetoric regarding the deployment of US ground troops to the fight overseas. It examines the links between the two themes from the perspective of Kenneth Burke’s rhetoric of identification and Annita Lazar and Michelle M. Lazar’s strategies of out-casting. A close analysis of presidential addresses to the nation announcing the deployment of American combat troops abroad is followed by a discussion of the implications of presidential rhetorical choices for active followership
Adversary · Art · Cold war · Common ground · Computer security · Literature · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidential system · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Software deployment · Theology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
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Hunt the Devil
Analogies at War
Dehumanization
Definition of Man
Evil Enemy Versus Agonistic Other
The Discourse of the New World Order
Images of savagery in American justifications for war
Hunting the Devil
The love of hating
On the concepts of the “other” and the “enemy” 1
War and the enemy in the thought of Mircea Eliade
Savagery in democracy's empire
Evil” Revisited
Constructing Enemies
Finnish Russophobia
Engaging the Enemy and the Lessons for the Obama Administration
On War and on the Enemy
Rhetoric of Motives
Democratic Dissent and the Trick of Rhetorical Critique
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |