". . . bridges the gap between rhetoric studies and political science 
and will encourage both fields to pay more attention to the other."
—Rhetoric & Public Affairs

    In this multifaceted look at rhetorical leadership, twelve leading 
scholars in three different disciplines provide in-depth studies of how 
words have served—or failed to serve—American presidents. To be 
effective, they find, presidents must be able to articulate the common 
good in a particular situation and they must be credible on the basis 
of their own character. Chapters examine George Washington, John 
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, 
Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and Bill 
Clinton.

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Number Six: Presidential Rhetoric Series