The effectiveness of reagan's “star wars” address
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6334173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert C Rowland (0000-0002-5957-2041, Baylor University), Rodger A Payne (0000-0001-8151-6807, University of Maryland, College Park) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 161-178 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1058-4609 • E-ISSN: 1091-7675 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10584609.1987.9962819 |
| OpenAlex | W2032624752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This essay evaluates the effectiveness of President Ronald Reagan's ‘'Star Wars” address of March 23, 1983. The essay identifies three main audiences for U.S. defense policy rhetoric—the general public, experts, and foreign governments—and examines the appeal of the speech for each audience. It concludes that the address was effective for the general public, primarily as a response to the nuclear freeze movement. However, the speech was much less effective, and perhaps counterproductive, as an appeal to expert and foreign audiences. Consequently, the long‐term prospects for the Strategic Defense Initiative may have been hurt by the speech. It focused unnecessary attention on strategic defense research and development efforts and triggered heated debates on these issues long before the deployment decision must be made
Appeal · Foreign policy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public policy · Public relations · Rhetoric · Sociology · Software deployment · Star (game theory · Computer Science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Public Administration
The National Security Strategy
Congress and Reagan's foreign policy
New Political Literature of the Spanish Left
Why Even Good Defenses May be Bad
Preserving the ABM Treaty
The strategic defense initiative
Strategic Defense
The Critical Masses
"What Is "Proof
Crisis
Arming the Heavens
The Public Mood
Ballistic Missile Defense
Arms Control in the 1980s
The Two Presidencies
Why Nuclear Superiority Doesn't Matter
Technology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 1989 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |