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The Rhetorical Icon: Toward an Iconological Theory of U.S. Foreign Policy.
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Hamlett, Ralph A. – 1987
American foreign policy must operate within the parameters of public opinion, and governmental and non-governmental actors must educate the characteristically alienated citizenry concerning policy issues. Since rational discourse is of limited benefit in the process, advocates instead use verbal representations or metaphor to instill within the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Policy, Government Role, International Relations