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Direct linkBostdorff, Denise M. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2003
The appeal of Bush's post-September 11 discourse lies in its similarities with the Puritan rhetoric of covenant renewal by which ministers brought second- and third-generation Puritans into the church. Through this epideictic discourse, Bush implored younger Americans to uphold the national covenant of their "elders," the World War II generation,…
Descriptors: Rhetoric, War, Persuasive Discourse, National Security
