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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Section One The Speaker is the Speech
Chapter One The Meme Becomes the Man: Grant in the Wilderness
Chapter Two Living Symbols: Pope Urban II Calls for the First Crusade
Chapter Three George Washington Quells the Newburgh Mutiny
Section Two Speechmakers and Their Audiences
Chapter Four Patton Maintains his Memes: Thespian in Uniform
Chapter Five The Directors: Sam Houston (and “Deaf” Smith) at San Jacinto
Chapter Six Failing Performer: Alexander the Great at the Hyphasis River
Section Three The Surge: Three Battle Speeches by General David H. Petraeus
Chapter Seven General David H. Petraeus Assumes Command
Chapter Eight Midst-of-Battle Speech: Petraeus as Therapist-in-Chief
Chapter Nine Petraeus Bids Farewell: The Final Narrative
Section Four Failure
Chapter Ten John Pope and the Failure to Transcend Self
Chapter Eleven Stand or Die: General Walton Walker in Korea
Chapter Twelve Beyond Rhetoric: Evil and the Failure of Battle Speeches
Section Five Speechlets
Chapter Thirteen Cut and Paste: The Origin of Two Modern Speechlets
Chapter Fourteen A Long Journey: From Recollection to Legend
Chapter Fifteen The Short Journey of a Modern Speechlet: “Last” Words to Immortal Words
Section Six Three Speeches by President Barack Obama
Chapter Sixteen Assumption of Command: Inaugural Address, January 20, 2009
Chapter Seventeen Midst-of-Battle Speech: Health Care and the Address to Congress, September 9, 2009
Chapter Eighteen The Military Eulogy: Commemorating The Slain of Fort Hood, November 10, 2009
Conclusion
Appendix: Interview with Richard F. Miller
Bibliography
About the Author
Footnotes
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