Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns.

Cover -- Notable Speeches in Contemporary Presidential Campaigns -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- NOTES -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- NOTE -- Prologue: 1840-William Henry Harrison -- THE SPEAKER -- HARRISON'S MILITARY AND PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS: PRECURSORS TO 1840 -- HARRISON AND THE ELECTION OF 1836 -- THE WHIG PARTY NOMINATES HARRISON IN 1840 -- WHY THE GENERAL SPOKE -- GENERAL MUM SPEAKS: WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AT FORT MEIGS-JUNE 11, 1840 -- EFFECTS OF HARRISON'S 1840 CAMPAIGN SPEAKING -- NOTES -- Chapter One 1960-John F. Kennedy -- THE SPEAKER -- THE 1956 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION: A CATHOLIC FOR HIGH NATIONAL OFFICE -- KENNEDY AND CATHOLICISM IN THE 1960 PRIMARIES -- THE RHETORICAL SITUATION: KENNEDY COMES TO HOUSTON -- THE SPEECH -- EFFECTS OF KENNEDY'S SPEECH TO THE GREATER HOUSTON MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION -- NOTES -- Chapter Two 1964-Barry Goldwater -- THE SPEAKER -- The Emergence of a Conservative Spokesperson -- Goldwater and the 1960 Republican Convention -- Will He or Won't He? The Decision to Run -- Winning the Republican Nomination -- THE RHETORICAL SITUATION: THE 1964 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION -- GOLDWATER'S ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS -- EFFECTS -- NOTES -- Chapter Three 1968-Richard M. Nixon -- THE SPEAKER -- THE NEW NIXON: NOVEMBER 1962-DECEMBER 1967 -- THE NEW NIXON: 1968, FROM LOSER TO WINNER -- NIXON'S ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS -- EFFECTS -- NOTES -- Chapter Four 1980-Ronald Reagan -- THE SPEAKER -- REAGAN THE CAMPAIGNER: 1966-1976 -- REAGAN THE CAMPAIGNER: 1980 PRIMARIES -- RONALD REAGAN THE CAMPAIGNER: 1980 GENERAL ELECTION -- RONALD REAGAN'S 1980 ELECTION EVE ADDRESS -- EFFECTS -- NOTES -- Chapter Five 1992-Bill And Hillary Clinton -- THE SPEAKER: WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- THE SPEAKER: HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON -- THE EARLY CAMPAIGN OF 1992 -- THE SPEECH -- EFFECTS -- NOTES -- Chapter Six 2000-George W. Bush -- THE SPEAKER.

THE FIRST CAMPAIGN -- 1979-1994: THE MAKING OF A TEXAN -- PREPARING FOR THE PRESIDENCY: BUSH AS GOVERNOR -- SECURING THE 2000 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION -- GEORGE W. BUSH'S ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS -- EFFECTS -- NOTES -- Bibliographic Essay -- PROLOGUE: 1840-WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON -- 1960-JOHN F. KENNEDY -- 1964-BARRY GOLDWATER -- 1968-RICHARD M. NIXON -- 1980-RONALD REAGAN -- 1992-BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON -- 2000-GEORGE W. BUSH -- Index -- About the Author.

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