The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (Praeger Series in Presidential Studies)

Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
Introduction: The Rhetorical Presidency and U.S. Propaganda in the Twentieth Century......Page 18
Part I: The Period of Propaganda and News......Page 32
1 The Truman Administration’s Legalization of Peacetime Propaganda......Page 34
2 The Journalistic Paradigm: U.S. Domestic and International Propaganda, 1947–1949......Page 62
Part II: The Period of Militarization......Page 78
3 Creating a Militarized Propaganda Structure Through the CIA, PSB, and Campaign of Truth......Page 80
4 Militarized Propaganda and the Campaign of Truth, 1950–1952......Page 106
Part III: The Period of Institutionalization and Psychological Strategy......Page 136
5 McCarthyism and the Rise and Fall of Congressional Involvement in Propaganda Operations......Page 138
6 Propaganda as a Presidential Tool in the Eisenhower White House......Page 160
7 The Rhetorical Presidency and the Eisenhower Administration, 1953–1955......Page 182
Conclusion: Expanding the Rhetorical Presidency......Page 214
Bibliography......Page 228
Index......Page 250