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Peer reviewedHikins, James W. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1983
Analyzes the decision to drop the atomic bomb from a rhetorical point of view, arguing that the bombs were launched because of an American commitment to a particular rhetoric that focused on the propaganda slogan "unconditional surrender." (PD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Policy, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear Weapons
