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Provides a balanced analysis of MacArthur's oratory from his Old Soldiers Never Die speech to the platitudes of his 1952 Republican convention address.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Foreword Critical Analysis War Ending and Oratorical Beginning The Truman-MacArthur Controversy and the 1951 Address to a Joint Meeting of Congress MacArthur, Republican Politics, and the "Triumphal Tour" MacArthur's Oratory on Behalf of Inchon: Discourse that Changed the Course of History Martial Lexis from Aristotelian Attica: The Stylistic Persona of Douglas MacArthur Retrospect and Prospect Speeches Veterans of the Rainbow (42nd Infantry Division of World War I), Washington, D.C., 14 July 1935 The Hope of All Mankind USS Missouri, 2 September 1945 Signing of the Surrender Instrument by Japan, 2 September 1945 Speech of Behalf of Inchon Dai Ichi, Building, Tokyo, 23 August 1950 Joint Meeting of the Two Houses of the U.S. Congress, 19 April 1951 Republican National Convention, Chicago IL, 7 July 1952 U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, 12 May 1962 Chronology of Major Speeches Bibliography Index

About the Author

BERNARD K. DUFFY is Professor of Speech at California Polytechnic State. His recent books include American Orators before 1900 (Greenwood, 1987) and American Orators of the Twentieth Century (Greenwood, 1987), and The Politics of Rhetoric: Richard M. Weaver and the Conservative Tradition (Greenwood, 1993). RONALD H. CARPENTER is Professor of English at the University of Florida./e He is the author of The Eloquence of Frederick Jackson Turner (1983) and History as Rhetoric: Style, Narrative, and Persuasion (1995).

Reviews

Scholarly, well informed, critical analysis through case studies of the general's skillfully constructed use of rhetoric in oratory…
*Cellar Arrivals*

…[the authors] have assembled all of his speeches and carefully dissected them for both meaning and clarity. This monumental work cuts through the myths and legends that have grown up around MacArthur since his death as well as giving the reader a well-balanced an accurate portrayal of both the man and his oratorical studies.
*The Stars and Stripes*

Fortunately for students of rhetorical history, especially those interested in post-Worl War II discourse, Bernard K. Duffy and Ronald H. Carpenter have written a thorough and insightful book that explores the warrior as wordsmithh and explains how MacArthur utilized in his quest for greatness….Second, Duffy and Carpenter demonstrate that a well-crafted rhetorical analysis offers a unique perspective that complements the work of historians, political scientists, and other scholars. This bookis neither a biography tolf through the lens of oratory nor a demographic description of the general's various public speeches. Instead, the authors identify the most significant oratorical events of MacArthur's career and use the tools of rhetorical criticism to illuminate how speechmaking contributed to his leadership.
*Southern Communication Journal*