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Hardback. New. In his televised and widely watched speech to the nation on November 3, 1969, Pres. Richard M. Nixon introduced a phrase-"silent majority"-and a policy-Vietnamization of the war effort-that echo down to the present day. Nixon's appearance on this night framed the terms in which much of the subsequent civil conflict and military strategy would be understood. Rhetorical scholar Karlyn Kohrs Campbell analyzes this critically important speech in light of the historical context and its centrality to three other speeches-two earlier and one the following spring, when the announcement of the US invasion of Cambodia brought a far different response. She also sheds light on a discourse that generated much heat in a nation already seriously divided in its support of the war in Vietnam. The first single volume dedicated to this speech, this addition to the distinguished Library of Presidential Rhetoric provides the speech text, a summary of its context, its rhetorical…
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- Title The Great Silent Majority: Nixon's 1969 Speech on Vietnamization
- Author Karlyn Kohrs Campbell
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 152
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press
- Date 2014
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781623490348 / 1623490340
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.6 in (22.10 x 14.73 x 1.52 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Political
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Speeches, addresses, etc., American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013030345
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.704
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