Presidential rhetoric on terrorism under Bush, Obama and Trump : inflating and calibrating the threat after 9/11 / Gabriel Rubin.

Through the analysis of eighteen years of presidential data, this book shows how Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump have conducted and framed the war on terror since its inception in 2001. Examining all presidential speeches about terrorism from George W. Bush's two terms as President, Barack Ob...

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Main Author: Rubin, Gabriel, 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Inflating the Terror Threat Since 2001 -- Why Study Rhetoric? -- Policy Selling and Agenda-Setting: The Power of Presidential Rhetoric -- Policy Selling -- Presidential Power and Weakness: The Need for Rhetoric -- Congressional Partisanship -- Presidential Popularity -- The Role of the Media -- Contending with George Edwards' On Deaf Ears -- Going Public: How Rhetoric Succeeds and Fails -- Terrorism and Going Public -- Credibility Gaps: Where Rhetoric Fails -- Methodology -- A Note on Definition 
505 8 |a Plan of the Book -- Chapter 2: George W. Bush: Policy Selling and Agenda-Setting After 9/11 -- Chapter 3: Barack Obama: From an End to Terror to Drone Wars and ISIS -- Chapter 4: Donald Trump, Twitter, and Islamophobia: The End of Dignity in Presidential Rhetoric About Terrorism -- Chapter 5: How Can Presidents Properly Calibrate the Terror Threat? -- Chapter 2: George W. Bush: Policy Selling and Agenda-Setting After 9/11 -- A Brief History of Presidential Terrorism Rhetoric -- George W. Bush's Rhetoric Post 9/11: Emotion and Conflict -- Bush, Terrorism, and Evil 
505 8 |a Policy Selling: From 9/11 to War with Iraq to "Human Rights" -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Barack Obama: From an End to Terror to Drone Wars and ISIS -- "No Drama" Obama: A Distinct Change in Terrorism Themes -- Obama: From Anti-War Purism to Pragmatism -- Obama and the Rhetoric of Fear -- Obama, Drones, and Credibility -- President Obama and Credibility Gaps: Benghazi, Syria, and ISIS -- Conclusion: Obama as Bush Lite? -- Chapter 4: Donald Trump, Twitter, and Islamophobia: The End of Dignity in Presidential Rhetoric About Terrorism -- Trump and the End of Dignity 
505 8 |a Trump and Going Public: A Tweetstorm Against Muslims and Immigrants -- How Trump Employs Presidential Rhetoric: Islamophobia and Demagoguery -- Islamophobic Actions -- Rhetoric in Context: Comparing Trump to Obama and Bush -- Conclusion: A More Overtly Prejudiced War on Terror -- Chapter 5: How Can Presidents Properly Calibrate the Terror Threat? -- Index 
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