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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A gem for speech teachers/students
This unique book takes apart MacArthur's rhetorical effectiveness--in some cases, almost word by word, sentence by sentence. As a college speech teacher who often played tapes of MacArthur for my students to illustrate strategoes for speaking memorably and effectively, I found this book a goldmine of insight. OBVIOUSLY, it's not an "introduction" to MacArthur or meant to...
Published on January 3, 2005 by George Haber
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Missed the Boat
MacArthur was a military genius and a charismatic leader with a fascinating life retold by many a historian. This work fouses on a single aspect of his life and while doing so thoroughly, does so rather boringly. It is analagous to writing a work about Mark Twain and focusing on how he dressed.
Published on November 11, 2002 by ConsumerDZ
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A gem for speech teachers/students,
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This review is from: Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith (Great American Orators) (Hardcover)
This unique book takes apart MacArthur's rhetorical effectiveness--in some cases, almost word by word, sentence by sentence. As a college speech teacher who often played tapes of MacArthur for my students to illustrate strategoes for speaking memorably and effectively, I found this book a goldmine of insight. OBVIOUSLY, it's not an "introduction" to MacArthur or meant to be! The previous review reminds me of a kid's report that he went to the ballgame and hated the hotdogs!
0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Missed the Boat,
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This review is from: Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith (Great American Orators) (Hardcover)
MacArthur was a military genius and a charismatic leader with a fascinating life retold by many a historian. This work fouses on a single aspect of his life and while doing so thoroughly, does so rather boringly. It is analagous to writing a work about Mark Twain and focusing on how he dressed.
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Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith (Great American Orators) by Bernard K. Duffy (Hardcover - August 30, 1997)
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