Lexington Books Presidential Power, Rhetoric, and the Terror Wars: The Sovereign Presidency

Product Description This book provides a rhetorical criticism of the presidential powers used by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama during the War on Terror. A close reading of the documents used to exercise presidential powers reveals the ways in which both presidents expanded the personal power of the office. Review Presidential Power, Rhetoric, and the Terror Wars: The Sovereign Presidency by Alexander Hiland is an important new contribution to the rhetorical study of the American Presidency. Hiland provides one of the most important studies of the emergency of Presidential power with regard to the 'war on terror' in the 21st century. This book is an excellent addition to any current study of rhetoric, and especially courses aiming to examine either the 'war on terror' or contemporary aspects of the American Presidency.--Ben Voth, associate professor, communication; director of speech and debate, Southern Methodist University; former advisor for the George W Bush institute, the Coolidge Presidential foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC About the Author Alexander Hiland is lecturer in communication studies and assistant director of debate at James Madison University.