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Author: Keith Yellin
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Imprint: University of South Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.250kg
ISBN: 9781611170542
ISBN 10: 1611170540
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 30 November 2011
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Battle Exhortation is a fascinating and wide-ranging book on a neglected, but important, topic: the rhetoric at work in the speeches of military commanders bracing their men for imminent combat. With its well-chosen examples spanning three millennia, its insightful readings, and interdisciplinary approach this lively study will be of great interest to students and scholars of military history, the literature of war, sociology, and rhetoric. Peter Hunt, author of War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes Athens
Battle Exhortation is a fascinating and wide-ranging book on a neglected, but important, topic: the rhetoric at work in the speeches of military commanders bracing their men for imminent combat. With its well-chosen examples spanning three millennia, its insightful readings, and interdisciplinary approach this lively study will be of great interest to students and scholars of military history, the literature of war, sociology, and rhetoric.--Peter Hunt, author of War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes' Athens
Yellin has produced the most comprehensive study of battle exhortations that I ve ever read. . . . Leaders at any level, in uniform or mufti, will benefit from this enjoyable work. It is a treasure that should grace the libraries of those who lead or aspire to lead. Brigadier General Thomas Draude, USMC (Ret.) Battle Exhortation is a fascinating and wide-ranging book on a neglected, but important, topic: the rhetoric at work in the speeches of military commanders bracing their men for imminent combat. With its well-chosen examples spanning three millennia, its insightful readings, and interdisciplinary approach this lively study will be of great interest to students and scholars of military history, the literature of war, sociology, and rhetoric. Peter Hunt, author of War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes Athens
Yellin has produced the most comprehensive study of battle exhortations that I ve ever read. . . . Leaders at any level, in uniform or mufti, will benefit from this enjoyable work. It is a treasure that should grace the libraries of those who lead or aspire to lead. Brigadier General Thomas Draude, USMC (Ret.) Battle Exhortation is a fascinating and wide-ranging book on a neglected, but important, topic: the rhetoric at work in the speeches of military commanders bracing their men for imminent combat. With its well-chosen examples spanning three millennia, its insightful readings, and interdisciplinary approach this lively study will be of great interest to students and scholars of military history, the literature of war, sociology, and rhetoric. Peter Hunt, author of War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes Athens
Author Information
A former U.S. Marine Corps captain, Keith Yellin is an independent scholar based in McKinney, 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.
