Reagan and Mitterrand Respond to International Crisis: Creating Versus Transcending Appearances.

Heisey, D. Ray

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ERIC Number: EJ343542

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Publication Date: 1986

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Reagan and Mitterrand Respond to International Crisis: Creating Versus Transcending Appearances.

Heisey, D. Ray

Western Journal of Speech Communication, v50 n4 p325-35 Fall 1986

Argues that the form and function of presidential foreign policy rhetoric are grounded in a nation's acceptable images of political reality. Examines the rhetorical responses of Presidents Reagan and Mitterrand to the terrorist bombing in Beirut and to acts of military interventions by the United States and France in Grenada and Chad. (JD)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Policy, Majority Attitudes, Persuasive Discourse, Political Attitudes, Political Influences, Political Power, Presidents, Public Opinion, Public Relations, Public Support, Rhetoric, Terrorism

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: France; United States

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