{"product_id":"reagans-soviet-rhetoric-mark-lavoie-9781793647986","title":"Reagan's Soviet Rhetoric: Telling the Soviet Redemption Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did Ronald Reagan go from calling the Soviet Union an \"evil empire\" in his first term as president to saying the US had \"forged a satisfying new closeness\" with the Soviets by the end of his second term? In \u003ci\u003eReagan's Soviet Rhetoric: Telling the Soviet Redemption Story\u003c\/i\u003e, rhetorical scholar Mark LaVoie examines the ways Reagan negotiated his shift from a vehemently anti-communist discourse to a rhetoric of guarded optimism about the future of US-Soviet relations that ultimately revealed a Soviet redemption narrative. Following Reagan's Soviet rhetoric from his 1947 testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee to his Farewell Address in 1989, LaVoie considers the President's use of \"Soviet\/Nazi analogy,\" \"historical narrative,\" \"reciprocity,\" and other rhetorical strategies in creating the narrative. Scholars and students of rhetoric, history, and international relations will find this book particularly interesting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Lavoie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1793647984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781793647986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Mark Lavoie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944968388863,"sku":"9781793647986","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a68ff427-8f79-44cc-be99-4b8bcee4ff27.jpg?v=1681506016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reagans-soviet-rhetoric-mark-lavoie-9781793647986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}