Ronald H Carpenter

Gebundenes Buch

Rhetoric in Martial Deliberations and Decision Making

Cases and Consequences

Beschreibung

In this study of the discourse involved in martial deliberations, Ronald H. Carpenter examines the rhetoric employed by naval and military commanders as they recommend specific tactics and strategies. Drawing on ideas of rhetorical thinking from Aristotle to Burke, he identifies concepts in military decision-making.

Autor

Ronald H. Carpenter earned his Ph.D. in communication arts from the University of Wisconsin. A professor of English at the University of Florida, Carpenter is the author of The Eloquence of Frederick Jackson Turner, Father Charles E. Coughlin: Surrogate Spokesman for the Disaffected, and History as Rhetoric: Style, Narrative, and Persuasion and coauthor of Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith. The recipient of numerous awards, including a National Communication Association Golden Anniversary Monograph Prize for Outstanding Scholarship and the 2004 Douglas Ehninger Rhetorical Scholar Award and a Southern Communication Association Teacher-Scholar Award, he is a consultant to professional and governmental groups. Carpenter lives in Gainesville.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of South Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 163mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9781570035555
• ISBN-10: 1570035555
• Artikelnr.: 21748663