Battle Exhortation The Rhetoric of Combat Leadership |
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| Author:
| Yellin, Keith |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61117-054-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99USD $23.99 |
Book Description:
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This groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat offers an interdisciplinary look into the rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. It focuses on one of the most time-honoured forms of motivational communication, the encouraging speech of military commanders, to offer a pragmatic and scholarly evaluation of how persuasion contributes to combat...
More DescriptionThis groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat offers an interdisciplinary look into the rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. It focuses on one of the most time-honoured forms of motivational communication, the encouraging speech of military commanders, to offer a pragmatic and scholarly evaluation of how persuasion contributes to combat leadership and military morale.