Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

Rhetoric Is All Around Us. It's What Inspires Armies, Convicts Criminals, And Makes Or Breaks Presidential Candidates. And It Isn't Just The Preserve Of Politicians. It's In The Presentation To A Key Client, The Half-time Talk In The Locker Room, And The Plea To Your Children To Eat Their Vegetables. Rhetoric Gives Words Power: It Persuades And Cajoles, Inspires And Bamboozles, Thrills And Misdirects. You Have Been Using Rhetoric Yourself, All Your Life. After All, You Know What A Rhetorical Question Is, Don't You? Rhetoric Then And Now -- Five Parts Of Rhetoric: The First Part Of Rhetoric : Invention ; Champions Of Rhetoric I : Satan, The Original Silver-tongued Devil ; The Second Part Of Rhetoric : Arrangement ; Champions Of Rhetoric Ii : Marcus Tullius Cicero, The Attack Dog Of The Roman Forum ; The Third Part Of Rhetoric : Style ; Champions Of Rhetoric Iii : Abraham Lincoln, A Few Appropriate Remarks ; The Fourth Part Of Rhetoric : Memory ; Champions Of Rhetoric Iv : Hitler And Churchill ; The Fifth Part Of Rhetoric : Delivery -- Three Branches Of Oratory: Deliberative Rhetoric ; Champions Of Rhetoric V : Martin Luther King, Jr., Daydream Believer ; Judicial Rhetoric ; Champions Of Rhetoric Vi : Barack Obama, The Audacity Of Trope ; Epideictic Rhetoric ; Champions Of Rhetoric Vii : The Unknown Speechwriter ; Thus It Can Be Shown... Sam Leith. Previously Published As: You Talkin' To Me. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.