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The White House Speaks Recent Titles in the Praeger Series in Political Communication Robert E. Denton, Jr., General Editor Enacting the Presidency: Political Argument, Presidential Debates, and Presidential Character Edward A. Hinck Citizens, Political Communication and Interest Groups: Environmental Organizations in Canada and the United States John C. Pierce, Mary Ann E. Steger, Brent S. Steel, and Nicholas P. Lovric Media and Public Policy Edited by Robert J. Spitzer Cold War Analytical Structures and the Post Post-War World Cori E. Dauber American Rhetoric and the Vietnam War J. Justin Gustainis The Inaugural Addresses of Twentieth-Century American Presidents Edited by Halford Ryan Studies in Media and the Persian Gulf War Edited by Robert E. Denton, Jr. The Modern Presidency and Crisis Rhetoric Edited by Amos Kiewe Government Commission Communication Edited by Christine M. Miller and Bruce C. McKinney The Presidential C ampaign Film: A Critical History Joanne Morreale High-Tech Campaigns: Computer Technology in Political Communication Gary W. Selnow Rhetorical Studies of National Political Debates: 1960-1992 Edited by Robert V. Friedenberg Campaigns and Conscience: The Ethics of Political Journalism Philip Seib The White House Speaks Presidential Leadershi as Persuasion Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith Praeger Series in Political Communication WAEG p>) Westport, Connecticut London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Craig Allen. The White House speaks : presidential leadership as persuasion / Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith. p. cm. — (Praeger series in political communication, ISSN 1062-5623) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-275-94394-1 (alk. paper) 1. Presidents—United States. 2. Presidents—United States— Messages. 3. Political leadership—United States. 4. Political oratory—United States. I. Smith, Kathy B. II. Title. III. Series. JK518.S583 1994 353.03'23—dc20 93-23468 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 1994 by Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 93-23468 ISBN: 0-275-94394-1 ISSN: 1062-5623 First published in 1994 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 1098765432 Copyright Acknowledgments Chapter 3 is a revision of "President Ford's Coalitional Crisis," which appeared in The Modern Presidency and Crisis Rhetoric edited by Amos Kiewe (Praeger, 19 Chapter 5 is a revision and extension of "The Panama Canal Treaties and Argument from Narrative Vision" from Charles J. Stewart, Craig Allen Smith, and Robert E. Denton, Jr., Persuasion and Social Movements, 2nd ed. (Waveland, 198 Portions of Chapter 8 were originally published as "President Richard M. Nixon and the Watergate Scandal" in Oratorical Encounters edited by Halford R. Ryan (Green- wood, 1988). This page intentionally left blank To our daughter Debbie, a very able persuader. This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Foreword xi Preface xv 1. Presidential Leadership as Persuasion 1 2. The Interpretive Systems Approach to Presidential Leadership 29 3. The Coalitionless President and the Pardons 55 4. The Politics of Division 79 5. Narrative Conflict and the Panama Canal Treaties 101 6. Political Jeremiads from the Bully Pulpit 133 7. Presidential Mobilization for Sacrifice 165 8. The Presidency in Rhetorical Crisis 191 9. Conclusions: Presidential Leadership in the 1990s 229
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