Lexington Books
Pages: 282
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-4985-9825-5 • Hardback • October 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-9826-2 • eBook • October 2019 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
Alexander Hiland is lecturer in communication studies and assistant director of debate at James Madison University.
Chapter 1: The Sovereign Presidency
Chapter 2: Coopting Congress
Chapter 3: Working in Secret
Chapter 4: Ruling by Decree
Chapter 5: Reclaiming Sovereignty
Presidential Power, Rhetoric, and the Terror Wars: The Sovereign Presidency by Alexander Hiland is an important new contribution to the rhetorical study of the American Presidency. Hiland provides one of the most important studies of the emergency of Presidential power with regard to the ‘war on terror’ in the 21st century. This book is an excellent addition to any current study of rhetoric, and especially courses aiming to examine either the ‘war on terror’ or contemporary aspects of the American Presidency.
— Ben Voth, associate professor, communication; director of speech and debate, Southern Methodist University; former advisor for the George W Bush institute, the Coolidge Presidential foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC