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Constructing a World War II America: The Rhetorical Craftsmanship of Franklin D. Roosevelt
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Foster, Tiara Kay |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | In this thesis I add to existing scholarship an explanation of the rhetorical priming work that Franklin D. Roosevelt employed to overcome isolationism in the United States. Roosevelt asked the American people to trust him through the next great world crisis and used his prior two terms as well as strategic enemy construction as support. He framed the memory of his first two terms tightly and told them what to remember from their shared experiences to formulate an America ready for war. His leadership through the Banking Crisis and initiation of many domestic policies to keep America great were the basis upon which Roosevelt would prime the American people to venture through yet another trying crisis with him. The generation who would fight in the noble and good war against the evil Nazi regime was still reeling from the Great Depression and the sting of involvement from the First World War. They would need to be rhetorically primed to be moved out of their isolationist slumber. Constructing a World War II America: The Rhetorical Craftsmanship of Franklin D. Roosevelt by Tiara Foster B.A. Willamette University 2011 M.A. Syracuse University 2013 Thesis Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Communication and Rhetorical Studies Syracuse University May 2013 Copyright © Tiara Kay Foster 2013 All Rights Reserved |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=crs_thesis |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
