Annotation. The chapters in this book (two by former White House speechwriters) give insight into the process of presidential speechwriting, from Franklin D. Ro

When Ronald Reagan invoked "a shining city on a hill" or George H. W. Bush "a thousand points of light," their words were engraved on the public's consciousness

The rise of the media presidency through radio and television broadcasts has heightened the visibility and importance of presidential speeches in determining th

In White House Ghosts, veteran Washington reporter Robert Schlesinger opens a fresh and revealing window on the modern presidency from FDR to George W. Bush. Th

This book explores the development of presidential speechwriting from the administration of Franklin Roosevelt to the present. It argues that the institutionali