Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955

SHAWN J. PARRY-GILES is Assistant Professor of Communication, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, and the Director of the Center for Political Communication Civic Leadership in the Department of Communication, University of Maryland./e Parry-Giles has published in numerous communication journals.

• AbbreviationsIntroduction: The Rhetorical Presidency and United States Propaganda in the 20th CenturyThe Period of Propaganda and NewsThe Truman Administration's Legalization of Peacetime PropagandaThe Journalistic Paradigm: United States Domestic and International Propaganda, 1947-1949The Period of MilitarizationCreating a Militarized Propaganda Structure Through the CIA, the PSB, and the Campaign of TruthMilitarized Propaganda and the Campaign of Truth, 1950-1952The Period of Institutionalization and Psychological StrategyMcCarthyism and the Rise and Fall of Congressional Involvement in Propaganda OperationsPropaganda as a Presidential Tool in the Eisenhower White HouseThe Rhetorical Presidency and the Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1955Conclusion: Expanding the Rhetorical PresidencyBibliography