Widmaier, Wesley. <br/><br/>
Presidential rhetoric from Wilson to Obama  constructing crises, fast and slow /  [electronic resource] : 
Wesley W. Widmaier. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (ix, 151 p.) 
 - Routledge studies in US foreign policy .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-145) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction : from fast crusading to slow balancing and credibility gaps -- 2. From progressive crusading to interwar isolation and FDR's pragmatism -- 3. From Truman's crusade to Eisenhower's new look -- 4. From a new frontier to triangular diplomacy -- 5. From the Reagan liberalism to the Bush-Clinton pragmatism -- 6. From a freedom agenda to a reform agenda -- 7. Conclusions : crusaders, balancers and rethinking ambiguity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781315763033 (ebook : PDF) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crisis management in government--United States.<br/>Presidents--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Presidents--History--United States--21st century.<br/>Presidents--Language.--United States<br/>Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--2009-<br/>United States--Foreign relations--20th century.