| Battle Exhortation: The Rhetoric of Combat Leadership Contributor(s): Yellin, Keith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611170540 ISBN-13: 9781611170542 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $22.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - History | Military - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Dewey: 355.330 |
| LCCN: 2007048829 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.67 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking examination of the symbolic strategies used to prepare troops for imminent combat, Keith Yellin offers an interdisciplinary look into the rhetorical discourse that has played a prominent role in warfare, history, and popular culture from antiquity to the present day. Battle Exhortation focuses on one of the most time-honored forms of motivational communication, the encouraging speech of military commanders, to offer a pragmatic and scholarly evaluation of how persuasion contributes to combat leadership and military morale. In illustrating his subject's conventions, Yellin draws from the Bible, classical Greece and Rome, Spanish conquistadors, and American military forces. Yellin is also interested in how audiences are socialized to recognize and anticipate this type of communication that precedes difficult team efforts. To account for this dimension he probes examples as diverse as Shakespeare's Henry V, George C. Scott's portrayal of General George S. Patton, and team sports. |
Contributor Bio(s): Yellin, Keith: - Keith Yellin is a former U.S. Marine Corps captain, an independent scholar, and a corporate communicator in North Texas. He earned his B.A. in history from the University of Maryland and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in speech communication from the University of Iowa. |