Rhetoric in Martial Deliberations and Decision Making: Cases and Consequences

by Ronald H. Carpenter

Case studies on the role of rhetoric in making military decisions

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 to peers as well as presidents. Drawing on ideas of rhetorical thinking from Aristotle to Kenneth Burke, Carpenter identifies two concepts of particular importance to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035555
• ISBN13: 9781570035555
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"