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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ira Chernus , Randall P. FowlerPublisher: University Press of Kansas Imprint: University Press of Kansas Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780700635641ISBN 10: 0700635645 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 30 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: None Who Can Make Us Afraid Part I 1. Domestic Policy, 1912–:1932 2. Foreign Policy, 1912–1932 Part II 3. Economic Policy: The New Deal 4. Prewar Foreign Policy, 1933–1939 Part III 5. The Debate over Intervention 6. Roosevelt's Rhetorical Victory, 1940: Arsenal of Democracy 7. Roosevelty’s Rhetorical Victory, 1941: The Four Freedoms Part IV 8. Administration and Public War Aims 9. Roosevelt’s Winning Synthesis Conclusion: A Still Unfinished History Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis pathbreaking book examines the origins of Franklin Roosevelt’s worldview and his deft use of ‘security-laden’ rhetoric to sway the American people. Roosevelt’s focus on eliminating ‘fear’ and ‘insecurity’ became the cornerstone of American foreign policy, shaping the thinking of his successors for well over eighty years. Ira Chernus and Randall Fowler have written an impressive study of breathtaking scope, challenging much of the conventional wisdom surrounding both FDR and the main tenets of the nation’s foreign policy. This is scholarship as it should be—a must-read for all students of presidential rhetoric and of national security policymaking."" - Stephen Knott, author of and Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal """This pathbreaking book examines the origins of Franklin Roosevelt's worldview and his deft use of 'security-laden' rhetoric to sway the American people. Roosevelt's focus on eliminating 'fear' and 'insecurity' became the cornerstone of American foreign policy, shaping the thinking of his successors for well over eighty years. Ira Chernus and Randall Fowler have written an impressive study of breathtaking scope, challenging much of the conventional wisdom surrounding both FDR and the main tenets of the nation's foreign policy. This is scholarship as it should be--a must-read for all students of presidential rhetoric and of national security policymaking.""--Stephen Knott, author of Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy and Lost Soul of the American Presidency: The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal" Author InformationIra Chernus is professor emeritus of religious studies, University of Colorado Boulder, and author of Apocalypse Management: Eisenhower and the Discourse of National Insecurity, Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace, and seven other books.Randall Fowler is assistant professor of communication at Abilene Christian University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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