American Messiahs: The Narrative Strategies of FDR and Reagan, 1933 and 1981
This article investigates the rhetoric of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan when they took office, in 1933 and in 1981, at two moments of crisis. More specifically, it compares and contrasts the stories the two presidents told the American people through their speeches. It finds tha...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
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| Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/15963 |