TY - BOOK AU - Widmaier,Wesley TI - Presidential rhetoric from Wilson to Obama: constructing crises, fast and slow SN - 9781315763033 (ebook : PDF) PY - 2015/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Crisis management in government KW - United States KW - Presidents KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - Language KW - Rhetoric KW - Political aspects KW - Foreign relations KW - 2001-2009 KW - 2009- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-145) and index; 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 UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781315763033 ER -