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Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" Speech: A Case Study in the Strategic Use of Language.
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Medhurst, Martin J. – Communication Monographs, 1987
Examines speech delivered by President Eisenhower to General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1953. Demonstrates how a complex rhetorical situation resulted in the crafting and exploitation of a public policy address. Speech bolstered international image of the United States as peacemaker, warned the Soviets against a preemptive nuclear…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Nuclear Warfare, Persuasive Discourse