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The Candidates -- Jackson For President -- Clay For President -- The Election Is Not Over -- A "Military Chieftain" -- Clay Speaks To His District -- Post-Election -- The Presidential Campaign Is Underway, Again -- Enters James Buchanan -- Markley Comes Forward -- The Charge That Would Not Die.

"The Rhetoric of Antisemitism explores the roots of antisemitism that are based in the religious tension between Judaism and Christianity from antiquity and onward. The primary argument is that the religious foundations of Christianity, and later in Islam, were advanced by depressing Judaism and that negative attitudes toward Judaism became generic"--

"Amos Kiewe mounts a critical intervention into Jackson studies by focusing the lens on a little-studied aspect of the populist leader's 1830-31 campaign and subsequent presidency: his creative use of the press. Jackson was a force for reinvention, cannily directing his speeches--like no previous candidate--to the public at large and garnering unprecedented newspaper coverage throughout his campaign and time in office. By focusing on Jackson's public addresses, Kiewe is able to trace the president's rhetorical political maneuvering through his early campaign and the major trials of his presidency."--Provided by publisher

Radio Roosevelt -- The winter of discontent -- The run on the banks -- A banking holiday -- Crafting the Emergency Banking Act -- The first fireside chat -- The citizens' letters -- Saving capitalism

"I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States."Thus began not only the first of Franklin Roosevelt?s celebrated radio addresses, collectively called Fireside Chats, but also the birth of the media era of the rhetorical presidency. Humorist Will Rogers later said that the president took "such a dry subject as banking and made everyone understand it, even the bankers." Roosevelt also took a giant step toward restoring confidence in the nation?s banks and, eventually, in its economy. Amos Kiewe tells the story of the First Fireside Chat, the context in which it was constructed, the events leading to the radio address, and the impact it had on the American people and the nation?s economy.Roosevelt told America, "The success of our whole national program depends, of course, on the cooperation of the public?on its intelligent support and its use of a reliable system." Kiewe succinctly demonstrates how the rhetoric of the soon-to-be-famous First Fireside Chat laid the groundwork for that support and the recovery of American capitalism.

1 Introduction: The Case for Speechwriting -- 2 Speechmaking in the 21st Century -- 3 The Beginning of Speechwriting -- 4 Research and Theory on Speechwriting -- 5 The Rhetorical Canons of Speechwriting -- 6 Genres of Speechwriting -- 7 How Speeches are Written -- 8 Characterizing the Speaker -- 9 Writing for the Ear -- 10 Writing for the Eye: Pictures, Visions, and PowerPoint -- 11 The Ethics of Speechwriting -- 12 The Functions of Speechwriting in Contemporary Society -- 13 The General Steps in the Speechwriting Process