In a Perilous Hour: The Public Address of John F. Kennedy

This first book-length critical analysis of Kennedy's public address defines how he aroused Americans to rise to the opportunities and challenges that he defined for them. This rigorously researched study offers an in-depth analysis of the development of President Kennedy as a public speaker and a balanced view of his civil rights, foreign policy, presidential, and other types of speeches. Eight speech texts accompany the analysis. This reference and teaching tool also offers a selected chronology of major speeches along with a bibliography of important primary and secondary sources. Designed for students, teachers, and professionals in the fields of rhetoric, political communication, presidential studies, and American history.

Author: Steven R. Goldzwig
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07/30/1995
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.45w x 0.96d
ISBN: 9780313277702

About the Author

STEVEN R. GOLDZWIG, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Marquette University, has written at length about rhetorical theory and criticism and about communication and the presidency.

GEORGE N. DIONISOPOULOS, Associate Professor in the School of Communication at San Diego State University, has published numerous articles in scholarly journals about political communication.