From ambiguity to dogma: the rhetorical symbols of Lyndon B. Johnson on Vietnam

• Cal M. Logue ^[1] ; John H. Patton ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Georgia

     University of Georgia

     Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Louisiana State University

     Louisiana State University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 47, nº 3, 1981, págs. 310-329
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The authors analyze and evaluate President Johnson's casting of political policy into evocative symbols, the invention and operation of those rhetorical forms, the resulting conflict over the symbolization of the Vietnam War, and the theoretical and ethical implications of those rhetorical choices.