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Reagan at Bergen-Belsen and Bitburg (Hardcover)
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Reagan at Bergen-Belsen and Bitburg (Hardcover)
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Ronald Reagan's inability to sway the American public and press
with his speeches at the former site of the infamous Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp and, later, at the U.S. Air Force base in
Bitburg, Germany, has been marked by many as the first major
failure of the Great Communicator's second term. Richard J. Jensen
highlights the qualities of the speeches that make them, in his
estimation, models of presidential discourse. But he also looks at
the setting for the speeches - political and historical - that
doomed them despite their eloquence. Telescoping in from the
broadest perspective on Reagan's rhetorical career; to the
circumstances surrounding the decision to make the speeches; to the
drafting, delivery, and reception of the texts, Jensen contrasts
these two speeches with two very successful ones Reagan had
delivered in Normandy the previous year. The result is a vivid
picture of a man and a moment in history. Students and all those
interested in public discourse and the presidency will deeply
benefit from this mature work by a major scholar of rhetoric.
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