Denial and Deception: A Study of the Bush Administration's Rhetorical Case for Invading Iraq delivers a refreshingly objective snapshot of the relationship between President George W. Bush's misleading statements, public opinion, and the war in Iraq. Using statistical analysis, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer presents the first academic study of President Bush's efforts to bully the nation into invading Iraq and why the White House no longer controls public opinion. By mapping the major rhetorical and military developments in the war in Iraq, Kennedy-Shaffer paint a contextual picture of the Administration's rhetoric and the impact of casualty rates on public opinion. This book is essential reading for every scholar of presidential rhetoric and public opinion in an era of denial and deception by the President of the United States.
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Alan Kennedy-Shaffer is a graduate of Yale University with a B.A. in political science. His letters and columns have appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot-News, The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Yale Daily News, the Yale Herald, and the Politic. He lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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This intriguing book was superb, and I recommend it to all people interested in political science and the Bush Administration. This book is clearly free from prejudice and approaches the issue with a fresh, frank, academic approach. All evidence is clearly cited and statements of trends and correlations are fully backed up by almost 40 figures and tables. This book relates public opinion, polls, and the Iraq situation. Despite the in-depth research and citations, the book was quite interesting and easy to read. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents would all be interested in this fascinating academic study!
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poll median, asked multiple times, monthly casualty rates, sampled weeks, national adult sample, approval trend, coalition deaths, first answer choice, rhetorical presidency, rally effect, presidential rhetoric, invasion phase, invasion period, presidential approval ratings, misleading statements, mass destruction programs, possessed weapons, military deaths, swaying public opinion, wartime rhetoric, key judgments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White House, United States, Saddam Hussein, The New York Times, President Bush, President George, Dow Jones Industrial, United Nations, Roper Center, National Intelligence Estimate, State of the Union, Central Intelligence Agency, University of Connecticut, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cable News Network, David Kay, Joseph Wilson, Retrieved Apr, Vietnam War, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Elisabeth Bumiller, Gulf War, Vice President Cheney, Bob Woodward, Defense Manpower Data Center New!
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poll median, asked multiple times, monthly casualty rates, sampled weeks, national adult sample, approval trend, coalition deaths, first answer choice, rhetorical presidency, rally effect, presidential rhetoric, invasion phase, invasion period, presidential approval ratings, misleading statements, mass destruction programs, possessed weapons, military deaths, swaying public opinion, wartime rhetoric, key judgments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White House, United States, Saddam Hussein, The New York Times, President Bush, President George, Dow Jones Industrial, United Nations, Roper Center, National Intelligence Estimate, State of the Union, Central Intelligence Agency, University of Connecticut, Vice President Dick Cheney, Cable News Network, David Kay, Joseph Wilson, Retrieved Apr, Vietnam War, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Elisabeth Bumiller, Gulf War, Vice President Cheney, Bob Woodward, Defense Manpower Data Center New!
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